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ci2lara/codeigniter\_migration
==============================

CodeigniterMigration is a package to integrate an already started Codeigniter-Session in Laravel 5

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CodeigniterMigration To Laravel
===============================

[](#codeignitermigration-to-laravel)

CodeigniterMigration is a package to integrate an already started Codeigniter-Session in Laravel 5.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- Laravel &gt;= 5
- PHP &gt;=5.3
- Codeigniter 2.x (not tested with 3.x)

The package includes ServiceProvider and Facade for easy **Laravel** integration. This is particularly useful if you want to slowly migrate legacy code to laravel and Codeigniter is still responsible for the Login &amp; Authentication. You can read out the Userdata-Values of the current Codeigniter-session (via cookie-handling).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Require this package with composer:

```
composer require ci2lara/codeigniter_migration

```

After updating composer (composer update), add the ServiceProvider to the providers array in config/app.php

### Service Provider

[](#service-provider)

In your app config, add the `CodeigniterServiceProvider` to the providers array.

```
'providers' => [
   ...
    'Ci2Lara\Codeigniter_Migration\Providers\CodeigniterServiceProvider',
   ...
    ];
```

### Facade

[](#facade)

You have to use the facade, add it to the aliases array in your app config

```
'aliases' => [
   ...
    'CodeigniterSession' => 'Ci2Lara\Codeigniter_Migration\Facades\CodeigniterSession',
   ...
    ];
```

### Configuration (e.g. CI-Cookie-Name)

[](#configuration-eg-ci-cookie-name)

Copy the package config to your local config with the publish command:

```
php artisan vendor:publish

```

To change the configuration, uncomment the values (e.g. sess\_table\_name or sess\_cookie\_name) in the new config/ci\_session.php

### Set up the Middleware to read the session

[](#set-up-the-middleware-to-read-the-session)

You should only use unencrypted cookies in codeigniter - so Laravel can directly access to the cookie. Because of security-reasons you have to allow Laravel to use this unencrypted Cookie.

Change the following Line in your app/Http/Kernel.php in the "$middleware"-Array

```
'Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\EncryptCookies'

```

to

```
'Ci2Lara\Codeigniter_Migration\Middleware\EncryptCookies'

```

The Package-Middleware only disable the Cookie-Encryption for the configured Cookie-Name only (Default: ci\_session, see config/ci\_session.php)

Access to the Codeigniter Session in Laravel 5
----------------------------------------------

[](#access-to-the-codeigniter-session-in-laravel-5)

Shortly: CodeigniterSession::getUserData()

e.g.

```
\View::share('userdata', CodeigniterSession::getUserData());

```

Access to some Project-Config-Variables or CI-Config-Variables
--------------------------------------------------------------

[](#access-to-some-project-config-variables-or-ci-config-variables)

You can expand your CI-Code

e.g. in your CodeIgniter-Login-Handling

```
$userdata['ci_config'] = array('version' => '1.0', 'module_xy_enabled' => $this->config->item('modul_xy_enabled'), 'yourconfig' => 'some value');
$CI->session->set_userdata($userdata);

```

In Laravel you can simply access with the following code:

```
CodeigniterSession::getConfigData()->version

```

Try it out

```
dd(CodeigniterSession::getConfigData());

```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Contributions to the CodeigniterMigration are welcome. Please note the following guidelines before submiting your pull request.

- Follow [PSR-2](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/) coding standards.

License
-------

[](#license)

CodeigniterMigration is licensed under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

Copyright 2015 \[Andreas Schwinger\]

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 52.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3858d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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