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Kapil S.
KS
PHP Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Highly Recommend"
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Codeigniter is one of the most flexible PHP frameworks in today's date. The best part of this framework that I like most is its size, its file structure, and its library. One of the best framework for small to medium level projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

Only a few things that I dislike about Codeigniter is, less efficient when I looking any front-end frameworks like Vue.js, React, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sudan S.
SS
Associate Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"CodeIgniter for development"
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

CodeIgniter is very simple and efficient framework of PHP which can be used to develop simple to complex level systems. It is easy to learn especially for a beginner. It is very flexible framework which can also be used in MVC environment. It is light-weight, secure with good query builder support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

CodeIgniter might not be useful to develop higher complexed systems. Because of lack of different functionality, it becomes a bit hectic to develop complex systems. It does not include enough plugins to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Syed Mamoon A.
SA
Associate Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"I found CodeIgniter a lightweight and easy to use framework to start with ."
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

CI is a very simple and easy to use MVC based system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

The documentation of including third parties app should be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Santosh P.
SP
Chief Technology Officer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy Api Development."
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

It's really easy in Codeigniter to develop RestFul Apis. I love the way Codeigniter provide the developer the freedom of developing APIs in their own way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

Something I dislike about Codeigniter is it does not provide a lot of security functions. Most of the time I have to work a lot just to sanitize data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ronald A.
RA
Fullstack developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Fastest MVC framework!"
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

The framework is Fastest,lighter,easy to use, easy to learn,minimum cost to understand.clear mvc framework.easy to create Restful API! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

it is very difficult to find additional plugins that are officially verified, because on the site CodeIgniter does not provide additional plugins to support application development with CI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Noman A.
NA
Analyst Software Engineer (Php backend)
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"its easy to develop any kind of Application"
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

CI having big community when you stack you will get help from community Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

CI disable its not strick. you can broke CI role... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pickup Lines H.
PH
Senior Full Stack Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great framework for fast softdevelopment"
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

The architecture of the framework. Best for all kind of projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

If we compare to yii2 and laravel so it has some limitations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
UP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"7"
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Easy config, easy models, tidy MVC and easy connection to DB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

A bit complex when using guzzle or other vendor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"it was nice experience and enjoyed working with it."
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

Quick setup of MVC structure, someone can just install it and it's ready to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

Frameworks provide the option to setup all getters/setters, so having this option in it is a great idea. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Restaurants
AR
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"I have been using codeigniter from over 1.5 years and its great framework and really easy to use"
What do you like best about CodeIgniter?

The API got me the most. It was really very easy to implement! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodeIgniter?

I dont really like its down migration it also removes the tables that are in previous migrations sometimes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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