We are pleased to announce the official release of CodeIgniter version 1.6.2. This release includes more than 29 bug fixes and 34 feature additions and enhancements. These include: improving the interaction of "Active Record" with transactional databases; introducing a constant file; improving the Zip class library; a compatibility helper function; adding new functions to the file helper function; removing PHP's closing flag from the framework file ; and many others. See the change history for more details!
Welcome to CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter is an application development framework and toolkit for PHP website developers. It provides a rich set of standard libraries as well as simple interfaces and logical structures, and its purpose is to enable developers to develop projects faster. Use CodeIgniter to reduce the amount of code you write and put your energy into the creative development of your project.
Please read the introductory part of the user guide below, it will give you a general understanding of CodeIgniter. Next, you can start your CodeIgniter journey from the start page!
Who is CodeIgniter for?
CodeIgniter is what you need if...
You want a compact framework.
You need great performance.
You need broad compatibility with various PHP versions and configurations on standard hosts (e.g. PHP4).
You want a framework that requires almost 0 configuration.
You want a framework that doesn’t require the command line.
You want a framework that doesn’t have to adhere to restrictive coding rules.
You are not interested in large-scale integration libraries like PEAR.
You don’t want to be forced to learn a template language (although you can choose the template parser you require).
You don’t like complexity and love simplicity.
You need clear and complete documentation.
Official address