PHP Developer Cover Letter Template

Dear Hiring Manager, I’ve spent the last few years building robust PHP applications and I can point to one project where the site handled peak traffic with no outages during a major product launch. We migrated a complex codebase to Laravel and implemented token-based auth and input sanitisation, and the app stayed responsive as hits rose tenfold in a single weekend. It wasn’t magic, just careful planning, clean code, and a solid test suite. I’m comfortable across PHP frameworks and stacks, from Laravel and Symfony to MySQL and REST APIs. I’ve worked with JavaScript front ends and Git workflows, and I understand the details that matter for maintainable code and secure data access. I’m keen to bring that approach to [Company Name] and help your team ship reliable features without compromising security or performance. There’s a practical side to my work too. I’ve written database migrations that minimise downtime, implemented query optimisation, and put input validation and error handling in place early in the development cycle. In my last role at [Previous Company], we significantly improved the response times of a critical endpoint by refactoring the data layer and adding targeted caching, which reduced server load during busy periods. I’m available to chat about how I can contribute to [Company Name], nearer term and with a steady hand. If you’d like, we can set up a time to talk this week or next. Kind regards, [Your Name]