CodeIgniter
CodeIgniter being an original PHP framework with MVC structure is
very easy to download and install. You can download it either from CI’s
Homepage or from the GitHub. Default ORM that CodeIgniter uses is the
Data Mapper ORM and the default template engine used is CodeIgniter’s
own custom engine.
Some of the Pros of CodeIgniter are listed below:
- Compact size: CodeIgniter comes in just 3MB size including the user manual saving your memory space.
- Permits caching: CodeIgniter allows the web pages
to carry out caching in order to reduce the total load time and increase
its efficiency and overall performance.
- No odds of bugs being overlooked: There are
hundreds and thousands of developers who have been testing CI so it is
quite impossible that any bugs could have been overlooked. Besides this,
if any new version of CI is out, it is thoroughly tested for bugs and
is solved like a flash.
- Popularity: CI’s usability graph has been affected minutely by Laravel. Nonetheless, CI has majorly remained stabled the whole time.
- Built-in Libraries: CI provides a lot of built-in
libraries and user handy guide which helps you in understanding
CodeIgniter Development and its Services.
CodeIgniter also comes with a few Cons listed below:
- No Unit Testing: Mostly Integration testing is carried out in CodeIgniter Development.
There isn’t any particular restriction for using unit testing unless
the code under testing is fully separated from CI. This makes the
testing obscure.
- Extending core files: For a couple of features like
namespaces, modular separation by default and for procedural function
helpers you need to extend the “core files” which is a wastage of time
and efforts both. Additionally, it requires flourished knowledge of both
PHP and CodeIgniter.
CodeIgniter Development Services are widely popular and are used immensely by
PHP Developers. Currently CI works on the version 3.1.8 The future Version 4 is still under development.
CakePHP
CakePHP framework was modeled on Ruby on Rails. It did come before
CodeIgniter (in 2005) but, its usability graph has been constantly
decreasing since 2009. CakePHP uses Default ORM (Object Relational
Mapping) and CakePHP Template.
Pros of CakePHP:
- Easy to setup: There are no complicated XML and YAML files which makes it very easy to setup the database.
- Duration: CakePHP takes lesser time than CodeIgniter in developing as well as templating.
- Resources: There are plenty of tutorials available on internet for user’s guidance.
- Vendor Libraries: As CakePHP comes with composer it is very easy to add vendor libraries.
Cons of CakePHP:
- Database: CakePHP uses Relational DB: Oracle. In order to use MySQL you need to get third party libraries.
- Routing and API: API integration and Cake Routing is immensely difficult due to which huge number of users eschew themselves.
- CakePHP is more bulging and slow.
CakePHP in comparison to CodeIgniter has a lower usage ratio. Current
version available is 3.5.0 CakePHP has recently released the version
3.6.0-RC. It will be tested for few more weeks and if no major bug is
found in couple of weeks, it will then be a stable release
CakePHP 3.6.0
Conclusion:
CodeIgniter and CakePHP both are conventional frameworks. Each has
its own pros and cons. If you are looking for quick development of your
web application you must go for CakePHP but, if you have pretty good
time and wish to focus more on size, quality, and zero or less bugs, you
must definitely choose CodeIgniter. However, if you are unsure about
your requirements you can always opt for Expert Consultation about which
among all PHP frameworks is best to use as per your requirement.
Hire Expert Developer and they will never disappoint you in making fruitful suggestion.
