Comments on: CodeIgniter PHP Framework

By: OtengiM

OtengiM — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:01:07 +0000

I use Django I love it and Python too but Im starting to look at PHP and really PHP doesn’t need a web framework or template, PHP is already a framework and template just people have to follow best practices and patterns but PHP 5.3 it is looking pretty good, easy and even have closures and all the bells and whistles of OOP.

By: Jano

Jano — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:25:31 +0000

@skinny: Next version of CodeIgniter (v 1.7) will store custom session data in a database table, check the SVN http://dev.ellislab.com/svn/CodeIgniter/trunk

Copied from the 1.7 Change Log
“Updated the Sessions class so that any custom data being saved gets stored to a database rather than the session cookie (assuming you are using a database to store session data), permitting much more data to be saved.”

Additionaly, if you don’t want to store custom session data in cookies with the current version of CodeIgniter there are several user contributed libraries in this respect.

@pydev: Though I’ve been a CodeIgniter user for more than a year, django is the framework where I get most of my inspiration from. It’s beautifully structured, well thought and designed, implements very good DRY practices… While I’m still a PHP developer, I’ve even purchased 3 books about django.

In fact, there are some django concepts that are being ported to PHP http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/87887/ http://www.beberlei.de/calypso/ (and JavaScript http://dojotoolkit.org/book/dojo-book-0-9/part-5-dojox/dojox-dtl), like template inheritance.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:11:32 +0000

@pydev – you make some good points here. I have used ASP.NET and Rails as well, but really haven’t gotten to try out Django a whole lot.

I have heard good things about it, and I am familiar with the Python language. How tough is Django to setup on the server? It always seemed a bit difficult, but I really haven’t spent that much time on it.

Maybe in the future I will blog about Django.

By: pydev

pydev — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:53:12 +0000

I know you guys are all php devs, but seriously I would check out the django project. http://www.djangoproject.com, I have used many frameworks from ASP , zend, magento, rails, django and code ignitor. I can honestly say that Django by far is my favorite. Generic Views and a database api that puts all the above mentioned frameworks to shame. It’s in python which i am sure is a deterrent for you guys, but believe me I think you will love not only Python, but Django.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:25:26 +0000

I know that CakePHP is a more fully functional PHP Framework but it seems so massive for some off the stuff I want to do. Has much more functionality but with it comes a steep learning curve.

I like the simplicity of CodeIgniter, and will have to continue to continue feeling out different frameworks. Till now I have I have done mostly all custom programming but code-reuse is important to me.

By: skinny

skinny — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:51:56 +0000

CodeIgniter is very simple, and easy to learn. But have got a lot of core bugs. For example session is stored in cookie. If you want to build complex MVC application, you should use CakePHP 1.2.

By: James Coletti

James Coletti — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:47:35 +0000

CodeIgniter is great, but check out KohanaPHP (a fork of CI). It’s PHP5 only, and fills a few major gaps that are present in CI (no GET queries?). It’s also community-driven, so you can contribute and voice your recommendations on what should be added to the core. I’ve used CI, CakePHP and Zend Framework and since dabbling with Kohana, I’m excited to use it for my next PHP project. Interested in hearing your thoughts.

By: xwero

xwero — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:11:15 +0000

The database class isn’t linked to the CI registry with database but with db.

The database is loaded using $this->load->database().