CodeIgniter-category in Ozar Blog

Learn how to set up a professional-grade local development environment for your CodeIgniter 4 or Laravel projects using MAMP on macOS. This step-by-step guide covers downloading and installing MAMP, understanding the basics of Apache and MySQL, setting up a virtual host, and testing your setup. By following this tutorial, you'll be able to create a robust and efficient development environment that mirrors production, eliminating potential routing and path issues.

Introducing CodeIgniter Wizard 3.x: Enhanced features that supercharge your PHP development workflow. Are you looking for a way to drastically cut down on the time you spend on routine PHP coding tasks? Then get ready for the latest evolution of your favorite rapid web application development tool! We're thrilled to announce the arrival of CodeIgniter Wizard 3.x, packed with exciting new features, significant improvements, and essential bug fixes to elevate your CodeIgniter development...

Explore the step-by-step migration process from CodeIgniter3 to CodeIgniter4, touching upon controllers, models, views, and routes. The tutorial also introduces the CodeIgniter Wizard, a significant time-saving tool for Mac users that automates CI4 code generation through reverse-engineering of existing databases, streamlining the migration process.

In many popular programming frameworks that use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) paradigms and are database-driven using an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) system, entities and models are considered to be interchangeable terms referring to a class that represents a data entity in the database. However, CodeIgniter 4.x introduces a clear separation between entities and models - using two separate classes.

CodeIgniter Wizard 2.0.2 has been released with a large number new features added to the application, the time needed for demos increased at least ten-fold. Authentication & authorization, secure file uploads for the end user, automatic image resizing post-uploads, language localization and translation in the GUI with the ability to add unlimited number of languages and locales. Also subtle features such as auto-generation of slugs, UUIDs for primary keys, and more...