Learn PHP / mySQL

When you use a PHP framework like Codeigniter to speed up web development, it is a good idea to beware of its strengths and weaknesses.

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By default, Codeigniter is setup to run a single application. Since each controller can reference views located in organized, separate folders, an entire website could look like it uses multiple applications. For example, a controller called blog.php could access view files in the views/blog folder. With a single application that requires one database this could work just fine.

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Codeigniter comes with all sorts of classes to make a custom blog. Once a blog is built with appropriate styling, there could come a time when the view file needs altering in order to display the blog title in the page title(for order and SEO).

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Codeigniter applications can be integrated into various content management systems; such as Wordpress, Joomla and Expression Engine.

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When it comes to building websites with various forms of content, the road often leads to 3 choices;

• Pure PHP/mySQL
• PHP Framework
• Content Management