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TetherPHP Agency Implementation, Building Maintainable Client Applications
Learn how to structure PHP projects using TetherPHP's Action-Domain-Responder pattern to reduce debugging time and accelerate client delivery. This course covers project scaffolding, CRUD conventions, middleware configuration, and team workflows that let you build traceable applications your developers can hand off with confidence.
Open the decision record for TetherPHPWhat does running TetherPHP for clients commit you to?
Published figures for this service. Blank fields are not published.
- Monthly tool cost
- Vendor cost: open-source with no published pricing tiers; no dollar amount is published to model. Agency investment is internal PHP 8.5/Composer engineering time plus the cost of any client-specific scope, 'Not modeled' until the agency supplies its own labor rate and expected volume.
- Time to first value
- Not published
- Payback
- Not modeled
- Guided implementation
- 8 hours
Is TetherPHP worth running as a client service?
TetherPHP is free and open-source under the MIT license with no published pricing tiers, so the only defensible investment claim is the agency's own PHP engineering time. The evidence supports a readable, traceable ADR framework for agencies with in-house PHP developers; it does not supply client pricing, margins, or ROI inputs, and TetherPHP cannot be white-labeled or rebranded by the agency.
An agency-fit judgement for reselling this service. It is separate from the tool description on the decision record.
Before you start
What has to be in place before the first client engagement.
Tools and subscriptions
- PHP 8.5 runtime (required by TetherPHP)
- Composer (used for 'composer create-project dillonsmart/tetherphp')
- GitHub account for source and client repositories
- Packagist access for TetherPHP package installation
- PHP development capability (required: not ideal for teams without PHP development capability)
People and inputs
- Internal documentation of the traceable ADR request flow (Route → Action → Domain → Responder)
- Reference notes on the six charter design principles
- Documented conventions for CRUD scaffolding, middleware, services, and the built-in console
- Onboarding time budgeted for medium setup complexity
Included with the course
7 working documents for delivering this service.
- TetherPHP Project Scaffolding Checklistchecklist
- Action-Domain-Responder Request Flow Diagramguide
- CRUD Scaffolding Convention Templatetemplate
- Composer Dependency Management SOPsop
- Middleware Configuration Worksheetworksheet
- Client Handoff Documentation Templatetemplate
- TetherPHP Team Code Review Checklistchecklist
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