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CodeIgniter 3

This is a modernized structure for CodeIgniter 3, where the framework is installed as a Composer package, keeping your application code separate from the core framework files. This makes it easier to manage, maintain, and upgrade CodeIgniter without affecting your app.

🚀 Quick Start

composer create-project iescarro/codeigniter3 blog
cd blog
chmod -R 775 application/storage/database
chown -R www-data:www-data application/storage/database  # adjust user if needed
php ignite generate:scaffold Post title:varchar content:text
cp .env.example .env
cp public/.htaccess.example public/.htaccess
php public/index.php migrate
php ignite serve

• ✨ ignite generate:scaffold – Generate a model, controller, view, and migration
• 🗃 .env – Customize your environment variables
• 🌐 php ignite serve – Launch the local development server

📁 Directory Structure

blog/
├── application/    # Your application code
├── public/         # Web root
├── vendor/         # Composer-managed packages (includes CodeIgniter core)
├── .env            # Environment configuration
└── ...

Your app is fully decoupled from the framework core, which is installed via Composer. You can safely update CodeIgniter without overwriting your custom app logic.

🖼️ Frontend with Vue.js (optional)

If you’re integrating Vue.js:

npm install
npm run serve

• Vue project should be inside /resources/js or similar (customize as needed).
• You can build the frontend assets and serve them from the public folder.

🧰 Tools & Features

• ✅ CLI with ignite for scaffolding and utilities
• ✅ Environment-based config via .env
• ✅ Frontend-ready with Vue.js support
• ✅ Composer-managed dependencies

📄 License

MIT © CodeIgniter3 Team

Originally based on CodeIgniter 3