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if you know php already, codeigniter, imo. its the lightest-weight (edit: popular) framework and least restrictive. very bare-bones by default. plus, the doc
by noodle 18y ago
if you know php already, codeigniter, imo.
its the lightest-weight (edit: popular) framework and least restrictive. very bare-bones by default. plus, the docs are great.
if you feel like subsequently moving to another php framework from there, the principles are very similar and the transition would be easy.
- intranation 18y agoCodeigniter, whilst good, only runs on PHP 4: http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/overview/at_a_glance.html which means they've missed all the performance and security improvements in PHP 5 (like applying filters to user input), not to mention that PHP 4 is end of life now.
- arien 18y agoTaken from that same page: "Note: CodeIgniter will run on PHP 5. It simply does not take advantage of any native features that are only available in that version." So, it does run on PHP5, just doesn't use PHP5 only features for the sake of backwards compatibility. For PHP5 one can use KohanaPHP, as mentioned by another comment :)
- noodle 18y agoit runs on 5. and 4. edit: what arien said. plus, again, if it doesn't fit your needs, you can jump from CI to something else pretty readily.
- juliend2 18y ago++ for codeigniter for the ease of learning. Althouth i'm going back to cakephp at the moment for all the "automagic". Best of luck
- rickharrison 18y agoI really like this as well as Kohana. I have been using Kohana lately for php5 benefits
- noodle 18y agoi also like kohana, but i think CI wins with respect to docs and materials available to get someone started. i'm coming at it from a perspective of getting this dude up and running quickly on something good, which i think is easier with CI.