joseluisq / codeigniter-composer-boilerplate

A boilerplate for getting started with latest CodeIgniter using Composer.

codeigniter-composer-boilerplate

A boilerplate for getting started with latest CodeIgniter using Composer.

Getting started

Only follow these steps:

1. Install Composer.

2. Clone or download the CodeIgniter source code.

3. Edit the ./index.php root file and add the composer autoloader:

// Composer autoload (add this line before CodeIgniter core)
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

require_once BASEPATH.'core/CodeIgniter.php';

4. Create a composer.json file in the root. This file is for your third-party packages that you want to use.

{
  "description": "My first application",
  "require": {
    "php": ">=5.5"
  }
}

Testing the configuration

1. For example, install GImage package:

composer require joseluisq/gimage

2. In your application/controllers/Welcome.php add these lines:

<?php

defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

use GImage\Image;

class Welcome extends CI_Controller {

	public function index()
	{

		// This code will output a Github image in your browser.
		$url = 'https://assets-cdn.github.com/images/modules/logos_page/Octocat.png';

		$avatar = new Image();
		$avatar->load($url)->output();
	}

}

3. Run your server and navigate.