Introduction
A small framework with powerful features
CodeIgniter is an Application Development Framework. CodeIgniter is a popular and powerful MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework that is used to develop web applications. It is a free and Open-source PHP framework. CodeIgniter lets you creatively focus on your project by minimizing the amount of code needed for a given task. CodeIgniter is a malleable framework that tries to provide the tools you need while staying out of the way.
Features
- The earlier versions of Codeigniter are based on PHP 5.6 or lower but the Codeigniter 4 will be featured with PHP 7.2 functionality and compatibility.
- It required the *intl* extension of PHP installed on the server.
- If we would like to use CURLRequest, we will need lib curl installed.
- The framework now provides for a public folder, intended as the document root for your app
Prerequisite
Before you proceed you should have a basic understanding of the following:
- HTML
- PHP
History
CodeIgniter was created by EllisLab and is now a project of the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
The latest version of the CodeIgniter framework is 4.0.4.
License
The source code of CodeIgniter is hosted on GitHub and licensed under the terms of the MIT License.
As it is open-source software, you are allowed to copy, modify, and distribute this software.