Top 5 reasons to choose Codeigniter?
- Model-View-Controller Based System
- Extremely Light Weight
- Security and XSS Filtering.
- Query Builder Database Support
- Form and Data Validation
Codeigniter
CodeIgniter is loosely based on the popular model–view–controller (MVC) development pattern. While controller classes are a necessary part of development under CodeIgniter, models and views are optional. Codeigniter can be also modified to use Hierarchical Model View Controller (HMVC) which allows the developers to maintain modular grouping of Controller, Models and View arranged in a sub-directory format.
CodeIgniter is most often noted for its speed when compared to other PHP frameworks.In a critical take on PHP frameworks in general, PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf spoke at frOSCon in August 2008, noting that he liked CodeIgniter “because it is faster, lighter and the least like a framework.”
The first public version of CodeIgniter was released by EllisLab on February 28, 2006.
On July 9, 2013, EllisLab announced that it was seeking a new owner for CodeIgniter, citing a lack of resources to give the framework the attention they felt it deserved. On October 6, 2014, EllisLab announced that CodeIgniter would continue development under the stewardship of the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Codeigniter 4 ‘s Development is underway and phase one termed as pre-alpha1 was completed in June 2016. As of December 15, 2018, Version 4.0.0-alpha.4 has been released.