What is Codeigniter?
CodeIgniter is an application development framework - a toolkit - for people who build websites and/or web systems using PHP. Its purpose is to allow you to develop much faster than if you were writing code from scratch, providing a rich set of common tasks as well as an interface framework simple and logical way to access these libraries. CodeIgniter allows you to creatively focus on your project while minimizing the amount of code needed for a certain task.
CodeIgniter is extremely flexible, allowing you to work from way you see fit, without forcing you to take a rigid developmental stance. The structure can have parts switches easily extended or completely replaced to make the system work the way what you need. In short, CodeIgniter is the perfect framework that provides a set of tools for you to build and deliver projects with high market value.
Why CodeIgniter?
Structure with strong minimalist character
CodeIgniter 4 is a 1.2 MB download, plus 6 MB for the user guide.
Codeigniter focuses on simplicity
This powerful framework puts aside complexity in favor of simple solutions.
Documentation that takes you by the hand
CodeIgniter goes above and beyond its competitors by providing very simple documentation.
Amazing performance
CodeIgniter has incredible performance for any scale of project.
Strong security
Protection ready against CSRF and XSS. Context sensitive escape is already integrated in version 4.
MVC Pattern
Codeigniter is extremely flexible if you don't want to follow MVC.