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komputronika/codeigniter-installer
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Package to install CodeIgniter 3 via Composer.

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CodeIgniter Installer
=====================

[](#codeigniter-installer)

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This package installs the offical [CodeIgniter](https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter) (version `3.1.*`) with secure folder structure via Composer.

You can update CodeIgniter system folder to latest version with one command.

Folder Structure
----------------

[](#folder-structure)

```
codeigniter/
├── .htaccess
├── index.php
├── application/
├── composer.json
├── composer.lock
└── vendor/
    └── codeigniter/
        └── framework/
            └── system/

```

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3.7 or later
- `composer` command (See [Composer Installation](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-linux-unix-osx))
- Git

How to Use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

### Install CodeIgniter

[](#install-codeigniter)

```
$ composer create-project komputronika/codeigniter-installer codeigniter

```

Above command installs `public/.htaccess` to remove `index.php` in your URL. If you don't need it, please remove it.

And it changes `application/config/config.php`:

```
$config['composer_autoload'] = FALSE;
↓
$config['composer_autoload'] = realpath(APPPATH . '../vendor/autoload.php');

```

```
$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
↓
$config['index_page'] = '';

```

#### Install Translations for System Messages

[](#install-translations-for-system-messages)

If you want to install translations for system messages:

```
$ cd /path/to/codeigniter
$ php bin/install.php translations 3.1.0

```

#### Install Third Party Libraries

[](#install-third-party-libraries)

[Codeigniter Matches CLI](https://github.com/avenirer/codeigniter-matches-cli):

```
$ php bin/install.php matches-cli master

```

[CodeIgniter HMVC Modules](https://github.com/jenssegers/codeigniter-hmvc-modules):

```
$ php bin/install.php hmvc-modules master

```

[Modular Extensions - HMVC](https://bitbucket.org/wiredesignz/codeigniter-modular-extensions-hmvc):

```
$ php bin/install.php modular-extensions-hmvc codeigniter-3.x

```

[Ion Auth](https://github.com/benedmunds/CodeIgniter-Ion-Auth):

```
$ php bin/install.php ion-auth 2

```

[CodeIgniter3 Filename Checker](https://github.com/kenjis/codeigniter3-filename-checker):

```
$ php bin/install.php filename-checker master

```

[CodeIgniter Rest Server](https://github.com/chriskacerguis/codeigniter-restserver):

```
$ php bin/install.php restserver 2.7.2

```

[CodeIgniter Developer Toolbar](https://github.com/JCSama/CodeIgniter-develbar):

```
$ php bin/install.php codeigniter-develbar master

```

[Codeigniter Model ORM](https://github.com/komputronika/codeigniter-model):

```
$ php bin/install.php codeigniter-model master

```

### Run PHP built-in server (PHP 5.4 or later)

[](#run-php-built-in-server-php-54-or-later)

```
$ cd /path/to/codeigniter
$ bin/server.sh

```

### Update CodeIgniter

[](#update-codeigniter)

```
$ cd /path/to/codeigniter
$ composer update

```

You must update files manually if files in `application` folder or `index.php` change. Check [CodeIgniter User Guide](http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/upgrading.html).

Reference
---------

[](#reference)

- [Composer Installation](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md#installation-linux-unix-osx)
- [CodeIgniter](https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter)
- [Translations for CodeIgniter System](https://github.com/bcit-ci/codeigniter3-translations)

Related Projects for CodeIgniter 3.x
------------------------------------

[](#related-projects-for-codeigniter-3x)

- [CLI for CodeIgniter 3.0](https://github.com/kenjis/codeigniter-cli)
- [CI PHPUnit Test](https://github.com/kenjis/ci-phpunit-test)
- [CodeIgniter Simple and Secure Twig](https://github.com/kenjis/codeigniter-ss-twig)
- [CodeIgniter Doctrine](https://github.com/kenjis/codeigniter-doctrine)
- [CodeIgniter Deployer](https://github.com/kenjis/codeigniter-deployer)
- [CodeIgniter3 Filename Checker](https://github.com/kenjis/codeigniter3-filename-checker)
- [CodeIgniter Widget (View Partial) Sample](https://github.com/kenjis/codeigniter-widgets)

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~32 days

Recently: every ~4 days

Total

12

Last Release

2786d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8428941451a12fc931597fbc16e7c6de330845e1b28f61d17b658fc7a94ef81c?d=identicon)[komputronika](/maintainers/komputronika)

---

Top Contributors

[![komputronika](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20560991?v=4)](https://github.com/komputronika "komputronika (3 commits)")

---

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