Few advantages of using CodeIgniter is given below :
Built-in libraries : It comes with various types of default helpers for multiple things including strings, arrays, cookies, directories, file handling, and forms among others.
Data abstraction : You can make use of the CodeIgniter database abstraction layer for creating, adding, deleting, and replacing statements in a hassle-free manner. This framework allows you to manage multiple connections using a single application.
Active Developer Community : Bigger the community, the better the help you get. Newly graduated developers look forward to the framework’s forum to get their doubts solved and learn about new things in the process. With so many people actively participating in it from around the world, your doubts will be solved within few hours. And due to the same reason, CodeIgniter documentation is 10 times bigger than any other framework.
Collaboration with Expression Engine : The collaboration permits developers using CodeIgniter to use libraries and everything else provided by Expression Engine and vice versa. Because of this, developers will get few benefits like better parser class, improved built-in user authentication, and easy access to modular applications.
Security : The security strength modification can be done according to your client’s needs. These changes are made when the system is initialized by switching off the magic_quotes_runtime directive irrespective of the register_globals directive. You don’t need to remove the slashes during information retrieval from the database. You can enable encryption of cookies, where you can handle databases and escape SQL queries directly.
Immigration Features : Database schema update management is easier over different fields by using the migration aspect. It is an easier process to immigrate from the server to the server in Codeigniter.
Easy to Use : It is easier to use compared to other popular frameworks such as Symfony, Zend framework, and Cake PHP.
