Both Laravel and CodeIgniter are popular PHP frameworks. Hey developer I want to share the main basic difference between Laravel and Codeigniter PHP frameworks. Laravel and Codeigniter are the most influential PHP frameworks. Let’s Devin to the points
Codeigniter
Codeigniter is a PHP framework that is very easy to learn. Codeigniter is the most documented PHP framework for developers.
Codeigniter has a very clear syntax than other PHP frameworks. Codeigniter was invented and launched on february 28, 2006 by EllisLab technology in bristish.
The main best features of Codeigniter
- easy to understand, which means that the learning curve of Codeigniter is shorter than other PHP frameworks.
- Easy to write code and develop the projectCodeigniter easy to write code and develop the project
- Codeigniter is object oriented PHP framework.
- Codeigniter has no vendor libraries
- Codeigniter has no built-in library that makes complex our system.
- Codeigniter application has very high speed and high performance.
- integrated ORM with doctrine data mapper GAS
- It follows MVC patterns
- Codeigniter follows both explicit and implicit routing methods.
- Codeigniter has no authentication bundles.
Codeigniter has main features
- lightweight
- follow (MVC) model view controller pattern
- use easy to migrate database mapper
- faster learning and it takes a short time to learn
- codeigniter has faster loading
Laravel
Laravel is an elegant PHP framework that used to develop large projects. Laravel has many built-in library when compared to other PHP frameworks.
Laravel has built in template that manage front-end developments. that template is called blade template.
Laravel contain many vendor file to start projects, the learning curve of laravel PHP framework very long than other
laravel has mvc architecture pattern to design system in simple ways.
laravel have different built in library to simplify the work for developers.
laravel follow only implicty routing concepts.
laravel user ORM Eloquent data mapper to map database.
The above image show laravel mvc architecture pattern to manage system in simple ways.
User send the command or form to the controller and controller process that data , send data to model and perform required logics on back-end and send out put to the users.
Laravel have many facities to manage websites than codeigniter.
The main features of Laravels
- follow mvc architecture
- Template engine based.
- Eluguont object relational database mapping.
- Easy database migration concepts
- Use artisan command line, used to manage functionality of the system.
key difference of laravel and codeigniters as show below by tabular form
| No | Parameters | CodeIgniter | Laravel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Database concept | Mysql,postgress, SQL, and many other database. | MySQL,postressqql, SQL and other database |
| 2 | template engine | has no template engine | has template engine with blade template |
| 3 | pattern they follow | mvc pattern follows | mvc architecture follow |
| 4 | learn curve | very easy to learn and become professionals | difficult to learn and very hard to be professionals |
| 5 | Manual document | very cleary and nety documentations | some complex documentation. |
| 6 | stack overflow support | high stackover flow support from all PHP frameworks | has less StackOverflow supports. |
| 7 | REST API | has no any facity to perform rest api | has very large rest API facity, with API routing |
| 8 | database modeling | object oriented | relational object oriented |
| 9 | unit test | has no unit test tools | has clear unit test |
| 10 | built in library | has no any built in library, but they have third party concepts | they have many built in library in decades library, like authentication,validations and others. |
| 11 | Avrage salary | Annual salary $154,302 | Annual salary $81K |
| 12 | programming paradigms | Object oriented event drevien function | component oriented. |
| 13 | support front end technology | has no any facility to support front end technology | has very large support front end technology like reactjs, angularjs and others |
the above table show some basic difference of laravel and codeigniter PHP frameworks.
summary
As we have seen above detail description of the two most popular PHP frameworks, beginners of the developers may start codeigniter pass to laravel is the most prefer.
Codeigniter has no any complexity when compared to laravels.
As my experience on PHP framework user, I recommend codeigniter for beginners. after you complete codeigniter you can pass it to laravel in simple and easy ways.
If you know details codeigniter knowing laravel is very easy.
