Why use Codeigniter
According to the official website, CodeIgniter 4 is a powerful PHP framework with a very small size and features that are quite easy to understand. Built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications. From the explanation above, CodeIgniter is a powerful, lightweight, and simple framework for creating web applications.
- Specifications needed to install CodeIgniter 4
The PHP version used is at least v 7.2, if using PHP below v 7.2 it is recommended to update. There are also several servers needed, including:
- intl extension
- mbstring extension.
- php-json
- php-mysqlnd
- php-xml
- How to solve ext-intl error on Windows
sometimes when downloading CodeIgniter 4 through the official website or through composer and running it with php shark serve sometimes an ext-intl error appears. That means we haven’t fully installed the intl extension. The way to solve this is:
- Open the php.ini you are using
- Uncomment the extension extension=intl
- Then restart the webserver you are using
- Tutorial to install CodeIgniter 4 on Windows
There are 2 ways to install CodeIgniter 4, namely through the official website and through composer, let’s discuss one by one.
- Download CodeIgniter 4 on the official website
Go to the CodeIgniter 4 website, namely codeigniter.com/en/download, after downloading move the file to the htdocs folder if using XAMPP
Extract the downloaded ZIP
If you have extracted, please rename the folder to your heart’s content
- Install Via Composer
Please open your cmd/terminal. Then type the command:
“composer create-project codeigniter4/appstarter project-root”
“cd project-root”
“composer update”
- Running the CodeIgniter 4 application on Windows
- Open a browser and type “localhost/ci4/pubic
- Through the terminal please type “php shark serve”
- Then open the browser and run localhost:8000, when finished, the default appearance of CodeIgniter 4 will appear and the installation process has been completed.
- Conclusion and Closing
Now we can enjoy the features of CodeIgniter 4 properly according to the application we want to create. Framework is just a tool. We ourselves use what tools and for what.
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