CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter – created by EllisLabs and first released in 2006, CodeIgniter is a freely available MVC web application framework used for developing websites using PHP.

CodeIgniter ships with a large library commonly used OOP classes, enabling the developer to call them rather that using time creating her own. When compared to other similar MVC frameworks, CodeIgniter is said to be:

“..faster, lighter and the least like a framework.”  Rasmus Lerdorf 2008

Benefits of CodeIgniter

• Get started quickly
• No need to install other packages
• No need for mass configuration
• Compatible with PHP 4 & 5
• Detailed user guide
• Enables faster cleaner development
• Easy to extend by adding your own classes
• It’s OpenSource
• MVC architecture allows for code separation

More information about CodeIgniter is available from CodeIgniter.com