Cakephp
CakePHP is an open-source web, rapid development framework for PHP that provides an extensible architecture for developing, maintaining, and deploying applications
Codeigniter
CodeIgniter is an open-source PHP web development framework created by EllisLab Inc and it has been adopted by the British Columbia Institute of Technology
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"Why do people say cakephp is somewhat harder than codeigniter for people new to mvc" from question * (no title is found for this review) |
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"Also i don t think it is so much that asp.net mvc is so much better than cakephp or codeigniter ruby on rails etc the great thing about asp.net mvc and other asp.net-based technologies such as monorail is that developers who are using asp.net now have the option of following the mvc pattern using tools and languages developers who are using asp.net are familiar with" from question How do the CakePHP and codeigniter frameworks compare to the ASP.NET MVC framework? |
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Cakephp is considered slower than codeigniter but you can tweak it to enhance speed from question Are there any big websites which uses frameworks? |
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For that you would use a php framework;i would suggest starting with codeigniter which is simpler than zend;i don t have experience with cakephp so i won t comment on that. from question Modern File Structuring for Website Development |
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I don t know too much about codeigniter but i remember ruling it out when i was evaluating frameworks myself about a year ago;cakephp seemed much more developed at the time from question PHP Frameworks (CodeIgniter, Yii, CakePHP) vs. Django |
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I suspect codeigniter doesn t have quite as flexible a structure it s smaller and lighter than cakephp but a quick look at the cakephp manual to see how behaviors components helpers and the vendors folder may be helpful from question MVC, where do the classes go? I personally use codeigniter which probably falls in to the heavy framework category but is at least much lighter than cakephp and lighter than zend too i think from question Does it exist anything like DWR for PHP? |
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I have been reading about cakephp but it seems a bit more complicated than codeigniter from question Need a simple PHP framework for my webapp |
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Codeigniter has the lower learning curve overall so i would recommend it over cakephp from question Adding User Authentication in PHP |
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Cakephp is newer more feature rich and heavier than codeigniter codeigniter is designed to have a much smaller footprint so you will most likely find yourself creating functionality in codeigniter to match cake s from question CakePHP to CodeIgniter conversion |
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In my view cakephp seems much more lighter then codeigniter but i never used either one so i can t judge from question CakePHP or CodeIgniter for file sharing webapp? |
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I tested cakephp but it s too much a la rails style and i didn t like it;codeigniter gives you more freedom to do whatever you whant from question PHP with AWASP framework |
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Cakephp is a good ruby on rails imitation;i found codeigniter felt much more like php in a good way it s documentation is also my favourite of any project i ve used from question Ruby on Rails or a PHP framework |
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In my opinion it will probably be easier to integrate with codeigniter although someone more experienced with cakephp might prove me wrong from question Integrating CakePHP or CodeIgniter in existing projects |