Have you looked through this: http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/ http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/ ? It has a lot of a lot, so you don't have to write so much

Have you looked through this: http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/ http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/ ? It has a lot of a lot, so you don't have to write so much native PHP. Even Rasmus recommends it as his "framework" of choice (although he does not "like" frameworks).