How to install or setup CodeIgniter In Xampp Server on Mac

September 27, 2022

CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

To install CodeIgniter please follow the below step:

Download the latest CodeIgniter by click on the download link version from the official codeigniter website.

URL: https://codeigniter.com/

Unzip the file in your htdocs folder.

Set the baseurl by open application/config/config.php file with a text editor.

$config['base_url'] = ‘http://localhost’; 

If you need to change the database details open the application/config/database.php file with a text editor and set your database settings.

$db['default'] = array(
  'dsn' => '',
  'hostname' => 'localhost',
  'username' => 'root',
  'password' => '',
  'database' => 'smsdb',
  'dbdriver' => 'mysqli',
  'dbprefix' => '',
  'pconnect' => FALSE,
  'db_debug' => (ENVIRONMENT !== 'production'),
  'cache_on' => FALSE,
  'cachedir' => '',
  'char_set' => 'utf8',
  'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
  'swap_pre' => '',
  'encrypt' => FALSE,
  'compress' => FALSE,
  'stricton' => FALSE,
  'failover' => array(),
  'save_queries' => TRUE
);