CodeIgniter vs. Laravel

It’s not always easy to give a definite winner with these sorts of comparisons, as depends what your requirements and preferences are. So, here are a few areas worth thinking about when weighing up CodeIgniter against Laravel. ...

8 March, 2016

CodeIgniter Math CAPTCHA library, with multi-language plain text questions

I’ve just released a new Math CAPTCHA Library for CodeIgniter, which can use plain text English words for numbers and random question phrases. It’s also supports multiple languages (as it uses the core language library) and both addition and multiplication. It’s still in the early stages so it needs to be put through its paces, but hopefully the CodeIgniter community will find this a nice alternative to the regular image CAPTCHA or simple math CAPTCHA. ...

9 September, 2012

Check and clear cache in CodeIgniter with this Output extension

I decided to write an extension to the CodeIgniter core Output library as it’s great for working with cache but doesn’t contain any mechanisms for clearing or managing the cache. ...

22 April, 2012

Book Review: CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development by Adam Griffiths (Packt Publishing)

CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development by Adam Griffiths is a great introduction to CodeIgniter - and the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern in general - for intermediate and advanced PHP developers. I was asked to write a review of this book by Packt Publishing and this is now my third CodeIgniter specific book which I’ve studied. I’ve been working with CodeIgniter on several projects for over two years now so I’ve become quite familiar with the framework, but I’m always interested to see how other people approach problems and use the libraries available. There’re always a few hidden gems which are waiting to be discovered! ...

15 August, 2010

Another CodeIgniter book review on the way

I’ll be posting another CodeIgniter book review for Packt Publishing shortly: ‘CodeIgniter 1.7 Professional Development’ by Adam Griffiths. ...

8 May, 2010

Book review: CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo Blanco and David Upton (Packt Publishing)

The CodeIgniter framework is a secret weapon for many web developers as it allows you to quickly build complex web applications in a structured and organised way. I started using CodeIgniter over a year ago now so I’ve approached Packt’s CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo Blanco and David Upson as a way of expanding upon when I’ve already learnt from the user guide, forums and a book which I had previously read from Wrox called Professional CodeIgniter by Thomas Myer. ...

27 February, 2010

CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo Blanco and David Upton

I was recently sent a copy of a book from Packt Publishing to read and review called CodeIgniter 1.7 by Jose Argudo Blanco and David Upton. I’ll be interested to see how the book compares to what I’ve learnt so far about CodeIgniter (>1 years experience CodeIgniter and >4 years php) and see what else it can offer, especially in terms of planning and managing application projects. The description on the Packt Publishing website says: ...

22 December, 2009

CodeIgniter 1.7.0 Released

It’s that wonderful time again! CodeIgniter 1.7.0 has been released, so it’s time to upgrade. http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/upgrade_170.html Upgrading looks fairly straight forward - here are some notable changes (http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/changelog.html): ...

24 October, 2008