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FRAMEWORK. One word, that I heard recently from usergroup and Forum, even thought this isn't a new stuff. Framework used to build middle-to-high scale application, even thought small application like this site can use framework. Then I tried to download Prado, CakePHP, Zend Framework. But then I face the problem. This is the first time I dealing with Framework, and I don't know how to use it. After that, I heard about CodeIgniter which have better documentation than other PHP Framework. Furthermore after I download the video tutorial 'How To Create Weblog on 20 Minutes', make me .....

CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is an Application Development Framework - a toolkit - for people who build web sites using PHP. Its goal is to enable you to develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code from scratch, by providing a rich set of libraries for commonly needed tasks, as well as a simple interface and logical structure to access these libraries. CodeIgniter lets you creatively focus on your project by minimizing the amount of code needed for a given task.

Who is CodeIgniter For?

CodeIgniter is right for you if:

• You want a framework with a small footprint.
• You need exceptional performance.
• You need broad compatibility with standard hosting accounts that run a variety of PHP versions and configurations.
• You want a framework that requires nearly zero configuration.
• You want a framework that does not require you to use the command line.
• You want a framework that does not require you to adhere to restrictive coding rules.
• You are not interested in large-scale monolithic libraries like PEAR.
• You do not want to be forced to learn a templating language (although a template parser is optionally available if you desire one).
• You eschew complexity, favoring simple solutions.
• You need clear, thorough documentation.

CodeIgniter is Free

CodeIgniter is licensed under an Apache/BSD-style open source license so you can use it however you please.

CodeIgniter Runs on PHP 4

CodeIgniter is written to be compatible with PHP 4. Although we would have loved to take advantage of the better object handling in PHP 5 since it would have simplified some things we had to find creative solutions for (looking your way, multiple inheritance), at the time of this writing PHP 5 is not in widespread use, which means we would be alienating most of our potential audience. Major OS vendors like RedHat have yet to support PHP 5, and they are unlikely to do so until 2007, so we felt that it did not serve the best interests of the PHP community to write CodeIgniter in PHP 5.
Note: CodeIgniter will run on PHP 5. It simply does not take advantage of any native features that are only available in that version.