CodeIgniter is an application development framework, which can be used to develop websites, using PHP. It is an Open Source framework. It has a very rich set of functionality, which will increase the speed of website development work.
If you know PHP well, then CodeIgniter will make your task easier. It has a very rich set of libraries and helpers. By using CodeIgniter, you will save a lot of time, if you are developing a website from scratch. Not only that, a website built in CodeIgniter is secure too, as it has the ability to prevent various attacks that take place through websites.
Some of the important features of CodeIgniter are listed below −
Model-View-Controller Based System
Extremely Light Weight
Full Featured database classes with support for several platforms.
Query Builder Database Support
Form and Data Validation
Security and XSS Filtering
Session Management
Email Sending Class. Supports Attachments, HTML/Text email, multiple protocols (sendmail, SMTP, and Mail) and more.
Image Manipulation Library (cropping, resizing, rotating, etc.). Supports GD, ImageMagick, and NetPBM
File Uploading Class
FTP Class
Localization
Pagination
Data Encryption
Benchmarking
Full Page Caching
Error Logging
Application Profiling
Calendaring Class
User Agent Class
Zip Encoding Class
Template Engine Class
Trackback Class
XML-RPC Library
Unit Testing Class
Search-engine Friendly URLs
Flexible URI Routing
Support for Hooks and Class Extensions
Large library of “helper” functions