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CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

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CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.


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The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), located in British Columbia, Canada, is a public post-secondary institution known for its applied education and research. BCIT offers a wide range of programs and courses in areas such as engineering, business, computing, health sciences, and trades. The institute is designed to provide students with practical skills and experience that prepare them for careers in their respective fields immediately after graduation. BCIT's approach emphasizes integration of theoretical knowledge with hands-on training, making it a popular choice for students seeking a direct pathway into the workforce.

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Ubaid Ur Rehman K.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great Platform for Working Environment"
I like the work categories mode of the environment.
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M M.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"Best choice for web development. Simple, flexible and facilitates robust & dynamic apps."
The part where its all set up and ready for developers to write code, including all libraries, etc. Developers need not be bothered by unnecessary ...
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Manoj Gowtham T.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Best php web application framework that is designed to help developers build dynamic web application"
CodeIgniter is known for its Light weight design and speed, making it a good choice for developing high-performance web application.And Model-View-...

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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

What I like most about codeigniter is that it is a simple language based on the model, view, controller (MVC), whose pattern allows us to better organize the code. It also has a great variety of libraries that facilitate the work to develop modules very quickly. Its installation and administration is very simple and has a very extensive information support thanks to the codeigniter project. Other important aspects are that you can connect to most of the databases, without modifying the instructions, thanks to the "active record" engine. The learning curve is low and codeigniter has a great variety of documentation of its syntax and its technical aspects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

What I do not like about Codeignietr is that the development of the language has been threatened with not continuing to provide support and continue updating its versions. These rumors circulated with version 2.6. But they updated the language to the 3x version and that minimized doubts a bit. Although it has a large number of libraries, codeigniter is not a robust language to develop large applications that require the use of high technology. Although you can develop robust and quality applications. Large companies prefer applications with more advanced languages ​​such as laravel, django, java. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

would recommend it to companies that develop information systems that are based on data management to generate information without high technology. It is also easier to get or train programmers. Your support and information of your system is well supported by the codeigniter.org project. The installation and administration is very simple. Its philosophy is based on the mvc model, so the code is separated and easier to handle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main problem that was solved with codeigniter was to get programmers whose rates were more accessible to the Ministry. Other advantages are that the learning curve is low, which facilitates the training of beginners or inexperienced programmers. In addition, because it is a simple language, you can develop applications faster and of very good quality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

One of the things I like about Codeigniter is that an easy program to install and configure on any operating system platform or on servers or personal computers with a standard configuration. There are other programs such as Laravel that to be installed for example in Linux requires time and patience to be configured. Another of the benefits of Codeigniter is that you can connect with most of the Database managers in a very simple way through the Database.php file. Also thanks to the “Active Record” command engine, query executions and table data management commands are very fast and reliable with little coding.

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What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

What I don't like about Codeigniter is that to create or update a database table, you must have knowledge of the Database that you are integrating into the System to make any changes, so you must have access and install the engine Database, while other languages ​​such as Laravel, you can perform these maintenance tasks from the same program console through the Artisan technique commands. Other aspects that cause disadvantages with respect to other languages ​​is that the plug-ins that can be used in codeigniter are not as robust as for example the library decoreo, which presents failures when you want to send an email with an associated file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Recomiendo Codeigniter para aquellas empresas donde su departamento de soporte tecnico, no cuente con la pericia de instalar y configurar aplicaciones de desarrollo, ya que codeigniter puede instalarse por los mismos desarrolladores de una manera rapida y sencilla. Tambien porque es mas facil de contratar y mantener a un personal que trabaje en esta herramienta de programación. Tambien el apoyo y la información de su sistema están bien respaldados por el proyecto codeigniter.org por lo cual hasta el momento se encuentra bien actualizada la documentación de los nuevos cambios y actualizaciones del software constante. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of the main problems that any system development team must face when they are in the middle of a project development, is the migration or withdrawal of programmers, due to the salary competition that exists in the market and the lack of programmers in high level language On the other hand, it is more likely to get new programmers, with experience in medium development who work in codeigniter, since it is very easy to learn and there are many tutorials and online courses. In turn, Codeigniter has a community of programmers, who help and provide tools for the training of new programmers. Another benefit is that expert operating system administrators are not required to install and configure codeigniter because it is simply very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Security.

Due to MVC based framework, it is easy to navigate and makes the data flow more secure.

Extension.

With Easy built-in functions and quick integration feature helped this tool to grow its community very fast. Due to this there are large number of video tutorials available making it easy to learn.

Documentation.

It has short and to the point description of its features available on the internet, allowing to search for the syntax and correcting mistakes easily.

Light-weight.

With very short size on Hard Disk, it is convenient to work with and does not require high storage capacity for the PC. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

Difficult Modulation.

With no support to separate the modules it makes code difficult to understand and not suitable for the market today, where they require mostly clean and manageable code.

Older Libraries.

Most of the libraries are deprecated and which are not, some of its features can not be predicted that when it would not longer be supported in the framework. For instance, "cart" library. It only supports upto PHP 5.6. So with people using upgraded version, developer has to provide them different solution with same functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

Good for beginners in Web development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use it for web development of a low level websites and web projects. Keeping in mind the solid features, this framework is very effective while developing custom web applications. Also it is open source, so reducing project cost, which directly increases customer satisfaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

codeigniter is the best secure opensource framework of php which is easy to learn and code. we can build very ggod and secure web application with in no time with codeignitor. i am using this framework for the last 3 years all most my entire carrier in coding relates with codeignitor. we can do many webapplications and cms websites with codeigitor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

nice framework nothing wrong to say about it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

nice framework use it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

creating webapplications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Divyang S.
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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Its MVC platform giving it OO based security while no including classes itself !! Easy flow of control from user side to server side coding and vice versa, making the clean modules which are lucid even for a new recruiter that picks up an old module. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

The Same, MVC platform. It doesn't allow direct flow from user side to server side. The flow must be controlled in a systematic manner else it is blocked. Also CodeIgniter's major problem is its Libraries -_-" . Recent Frameworks has improved this shortage but still even novice and experts love to code through this robust php framwork. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Server Side Scripting Problems. Its code and conduct are very strict but this is the thing that ensures its reliability and versatility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Very easy to learn, since this framework has very excellent documentation and its use and application is not so difficult.

I really like your Activerecord, since it helps when making queries to the database and much easier and faster the connection with them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

It does not have an orm, this could be integrated with other frameworks and put it on par with other frameworks a little more used. I thought you should create an orm for codeigniter. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

Very good framework for beginners, I would recommend it to developers who are integrating themselves into the world of the MVC framework Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ideal for developers who start at MVC. With this framework to the junior developers I make them that their learning curve is a little faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alejandro C.
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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

This framework is quite lightweight, which makes it perfect for simple services where a large workload is not expected. Its documentation is very complete, full of practical examples and easy to understand.

The learning curve of Codeigniter is gentle, it is a great framework to start with in PHP MVC development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

It has shortcomings that other frameworks overcome, such as the use of composer, namespaces and so on. Version 4 of CodeIgniter is expected to be updated accordingly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

If you want to start developing on PHP MVC, give CodeIgniter a try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are mainly looking for rapid development, on lightweight projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Fast to implement, fast running and easy to learn.

You can setup CodeIgniter (version 3.x) in a matter of a few minutes. It is the most rigid way of doing MVC with PHP. But the great thing is that you don't have to stick to that pattern if you want it otherwise.

I like very much the possibility of creating your own libraries, which is also an easy way of linking to third-party functionality like Mustache, Kint, PHPExcel, TCPDF, and others.

CodeIgniter is great for building REST API's. You simply skip the view in the MVC and you're good to go.

The documentation is sufficient and has tutorials to get you started quickly.

The performance is great and outperforming most other frameworks. Mainly that is because CodeIgniter is not adding a lot of overhead and sticks close to what PHP was supposed to do. An important remark is that PHP 7 is supported from version 3.14 and up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

The latest version at this moment of writing is version 3.15. That doesn't support namespaces, which is a big drawback in relation with other newer frameworks like for example Laravel, Slim or Zend. That makes that the reputation of CodeIgniter is currently an old framework that is not matching up with the new ones.

Currently, progress is made with version 4 of this framework, which is going to be a complete rewrite of the framework and which supports many features that are also available in Laravel. But progress is slow and is already taking almost 2 years and is just in an alpha phase.

CodeIgniter does not support middleware (very popular in Laravel and Slim).

Regarding version 3 at its current state, there is not much to dislike if you know what CodeIgniter is not able to do (namespaces, middleware). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

If you consider CodeIgniter have a look at version 4 (alpha phase) and consider that it is not backward compatible with version 3 (current version). If you want a fast performing alternative you could also consider the Slim framework, which looks a bit like Laravel, but smaller. If you want to join the majority of PHP developers looking for a framework, consider Laravel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

During the years we have built quite a lot of Ext JS based applications that were communicating with a server backend based on CodeIgniter. Some of these applications are almost 10 years in operation.

Still when I need to have server backend running fast for a new application I tend to grasp CodeIgniter from the shelf rather than Laravel, simply because I can start programming in a matter of minutes without struggling with the setup of the framework. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

well the structure of the folder because it use the mvc style method so it can help me and not only me but also to others Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

the folders that is not being used by the customer must not be excluded only the Model View and Controller must be seen so that it will be nice or advantage and more readable and ease to access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

well to the others who love making a site and if you are student and study or experience more about the implementing website then you can start using the codeigniter it is to use and easy to read the flow of the codeigniter structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

When I make a Model for the certain controller then I realize that what if I will use 1 model to all model, I mean same as the constructor functionality so through making a model then configure in the model that I created then the result was successful and it ease for me to code and write model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Filip K.
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What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Simplicity. And i believe that the simplicity of learning and using this framework is something that really convinced the php community to go with the mvc flow, something that zend and cake really failed to do. I mean they did their part but ci really introduced mvc in the right way with very simple and elegant approach. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

What i believe drawn most of the users away. It was not in step with the evolution of the PHP language but now it has introduced composer, and there are some plugins for doing TDD. In the past as a user you should hack the Codeigniter.php file in order to provide some kind of TDD experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering CodeIgniter:

Dont be a hipster and enjoy the simplicity, one thing that i can recommend is just open up the source code, follow the request flow and read the code. I believe that it is the only framework that can be read in couple of hours and understand every part of the code. There is no better documentation then doing that and with ci it is a joy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CodeIgniter solving and how is that benefiting you?

I was writing web sites, for example i wrote an aggregator. ad network etc. Like i said it was a joy using it on my projects and everyone could just pick up and continue with the project with very little effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.