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CodeIgniter
ByCodeIgniterCodeIgniter

CodeIgniter

#30in Frameworks
Discussions9
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What is CodeIgniter?

CodeIgniter is a proven, agile & open PHP web application framework with a small footprint. It is powering the next generation of web apps.

CodeIgniter is a tool in the Frameworks category of a tech stack.

CodeIgniter Pros & Cons

Pros of CodeIgniter

  • ✓Mvc
  • ✓Easy setup
  • ✓Open source
  • ✓Well documented
  • ✓Community support
  • ✓Easy to learn
  • ✓Easy
  • ✓Fast
  • ✓HMVC
  • ✓"Fast","Easy","MVC"

Cons of CodeIgniter

  • ✗No ORM
  • ✗No CLI

CodeIgniter Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to CodeIgniter?

Node.js

Node.js

Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

Django

Django

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

ASP.NET

ASP.NET

.NET is a developer platform made up of tools, programming languages, and libraries for building many different types of applications.

Laravel

Laravel

It is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. It attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, and caching.

Android SDK

Android SDK

Android provides a rich application framework that allows you to build innovative apps and games for mobile devices in a Java language environment.

Spring Boot

Spring Boot

Spring Boot makes it easy to create stand-alone, production-grade Spring based Applications that you can "just run". We take an opinionated view of the Spring platform and third-party libraries so you can get started with minimum fuss. Most Spring Boot applications need very little Spring configuration.

CodeIgniter Integrations

PHP, Deployer, KeyCDN, Laravel, ArrowChat and 5 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with CodeIgniter. Here's a list of all 10 tools that integrate with CodeIgniter.

PHP
PHP
Deployer
Deployer
KeyCDN
KeyCDN
Laravel
Laravel
ArrowChat
ArrowChat
BunnyCDN
BunnyCDN
Medianova
Medianova
BlazingCDN
BlazingCDN
RunCode
RunCode
htmx
htmx

CodeIgniter Discussions

Discover why developers choose CodeIgniter. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Saikat Chakrabortty
Saikat Chakrabortty

Software Engineer

Aug 2, 2019

Needs adviceonPHPPHPLaravelLaravelCodeIgniterCodeIgniter

I have used PHP to do end to end developments , using Laravel CodeIgniter frameworks.

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Delbin Thomas
Delbin Thomas

CTO

May 24, 2016

Needs adviceonCodeIgniterCodeIgniter

It is super easy to do things in PHP using codeigniter. Used the MVC architecture to create different types of pages and modules. CodeIgniter

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Romans Malinovskis
Romans Malinovskis

Mar 31, 2016

Needs adviceonCodeIgniterCodeIgniter

Integrate with some code-igniter low-level modules through composer. CodeIgniter

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Megan Rose
Megan Rose

Senior Developer

Feb 28, 2016

Needs adviceonCodeIgniterCodeIgniter

I used CodeIgniter while working at KHM Travel Group. It was the system we used for an affiliate-based site called TravSearch, which I later replaced with a WordPress Multisite. I developed a .csv upload form to transfer all the information from the affiliate table of CodeIgniter to the user and options tables in WPMU. CodeIgniter

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Gorka Llona
Gorka Llona

Computer Engineer & MBA

Nov 30, 2015

Needs adviceonCodeIgniterCodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is the MVC framework used for the PHP coding. Also, validation criteria for (database) table fields are the provided by CodeIgniter, and signatures for others are derived from those. CodeIgniter

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