How to install CodeIgniter 3.1.2 in localhost Windows

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Friday, November 18, 2016

CodeIgniter Framework need localhost server in PC for develop, and you will need to make sure your server meets the following requirements:

PHP version 5.6 or newer is recommended.

and database is required for most web application programming. Currently supported databases are:

MySQL (5.1+) via the mysql (deprecated), mysqli and pdo drivers

Oracle via the oci8 and pdo drivers

PostgreSQL via the postgre and pdo drivers

MS SQL via the mssql, sqlsrv (version 2005 and above only) and pdo drivers

SQLite via the sqlite (version 2), sqlite3 (version 3) and pdo drivers

CUBRID via the cubrid and pdo drivers

Interbase/Firebird via the ibase and pdo drivers

ODBC via the odbc and pdo drivers (you should know that ODBC is actually an abstraction layer)

you can use localhost application server XAMPP, so we can download it from the official page:

Download XAMPP

next, after downloaded and installed XAMPP, we need to get file CodeIgniter framework for install to localhost. we can get the file its easy, going to official page and download CodeIgniter.

Download CodeIgniter File

After downloaded and installed Composer, we need to running XAMPP.

and make new folder in:

C:\xampp\htdocs\name_project_CodeIgniter_folder

after running XAMPP and make new folder, going to folder has been created, and drop file CodeIgniter. next, extract file codeigniter in folder.