CodeIgniter
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| CodeIgniter | |
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| Developed by | EllisLab, Inc. |
| Latest release | 1.6.2 / May 13, 2008 |
| Written in | PHP |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | Web application framework |
| License | Apache/BSD-style open source license |
| Website | www.codeigniter.com |
CodeIgniter is an open source web application framework for use in building dynamic web sites with PHP. It enables developers to build applications faster - compared to coding from scratch - by providing a rich set of libraries for commonly needed tasks, as well as a simple interface and a logical structure to access these libraries. The first public version of CodeIgniter was released on February 28, 2006.[1] The latest stable version 1.6.2 was released May 13, 2008.
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[edit] Properties
CodeIgniter encourages use of the model-view-controller architectural pattern.
It shares a number of characteristic concepts and features with other MVC frameworks like Ruby on Rails:
- Support for multiple database platforms
- database access with active records
- Session Management
- Form and Data Validation
- Full Page Caching
- Scaffolding
- Template Engine Class
- Support for Hooks, Class Extensions, and Plugins
Among other MVC frameworks, CodeIgniter positions itself by these properties:
- PHP 4 Compatible, works with but does not benefit from PHP 5
- Light weight codebase
- Simple installation and directory structure
- Error Logging
- Flexible URI Routing
It adds a number of features or classes that other frameworks do not yet offer per default:
- Security and XSS Filtering
- Email Sending Class. Supports Attachments, HTML/Text email, multiple protocols (sendmail, SMTP, and Mail) and more.
- Image Manipulation Library (cropping, resizing, rotating, etc.). Supports GD, ImageMagick, and NetPBM
- File Uploading Class
- FTP Class
- Localization
- Pagination
- Data Encryption
- Benchmarking
- Application Profiling
- Calendaring Class
- User Agent Class
- Zip Encoding Class
- Trackback Class
- XML-RPC Library
- Unit Testing Class
- Search-engine Friendly URLs
- Large library of "helper" functions
[edit] See also
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- CodeIgniter homepage
- CodeIgniter user guide
- CodeIgniter forums
- CodeIgniter wiki
- CodeIgniter developer Derek Allard's blog
- CodeIgniter Resources Directory
- CodeIgniter for Rapid PHP Application Development (Book)
- CodeIgniter in Russian
- CodeIgniter in Chinese
