CodeIgniter 4 Application Starter (CORS)

What is CodeIgniter?

CodeIgniter is a PHP full-stack web framework that is light, fast, flexible and secure.
More information can be found at the official site.

This repository holds a composer-installable app starter.
It has been built from the
development repository.

More information about the plans for version 4 can be found in CodeIgniter 4 on the forums.

You can read the user guide
corresponding to the latest version of the framework.

Example Fetch API

fetch('http://localhost:8080/api/example', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer token',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    // Your JSON data here
    key: 'value'
  })
})
.then(response => {
  if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error('Network response was not ok');
  }
  return response.json();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));

Installation & updates

composer create-project forgestart/codeigniter4-cors then composer update whenever
there is a new release of the framework.

When updating, check the release notes to see if there are any changes you might need to apply
to your app folder. The affected files can be copied or merged from
vendor/codeigniter4/framework/app.

Setup

Copy env to .env and tailor for your app, specifically the baseURL
and any database settings.

Important Change with index.php

index.php is no longer in the root of the project! It has been moved inside the public folder,
for better security and separation of components.

This means that you should configure your web server to "point" to your project's public folder, and
not to the project root. A better practice would be to configure a virtual host to point there. A poor practice would be to point your web server to the project root and expect to enter public/..., as the rest of your logic and the
framework are exposed.

Please read the user guide for a better explanation of how CI4 works!

Repository Management

We use GitHub issues, in our main repository, to track BUGS and to track approved DEVELOPMENT work packages.
We use our forum to provide SUPPORT and to discuss
FEATURE REQUESTS.

This repository is a "distribution" one, built by our release preparation script.
Problems with it can be raised on our forum, or as issues in the main repository.

Server Requirements

PHP version 7.4 or higher is required, with the following extensions installed:

• intl
• mbstring

[!WARNING]
The end of life date for PHP 7.4 was November 28, 2022.
The end of life date for PHP 8.0 was November 26, 2023.
If you are still using PHP 7.4 or 8.0, you should upgrade immediately.
The end of life date for PHP 8.1 will be November 25, 2024.

Additionally, make sure that the following extensions are enabled in your PHP:

• json (enabled by default - don't turn it off)
• mysqlnd if you plan to use MySQL
• libcurl if you plan to use the HTTP\CURLRequest library