What CI doesn't do
There are some things that CI doesn't do. CI was intended to be a small and lightweight framework. The zipped download for version 1.7.2 is only 2.1 MB and is downloaded in seconds, whereas the Zend framework is 10 MB. It won't answer all the problems you will have. But it does:
- Make it easy and quick to program in PHP
- Structure your site and help you through the architectural decisions
As a result of being lightweight, it does not have as many features as some of its rivals. Other frameworks such as Rails, CakePHP, or Symfony have scaffolding and generators. These tools automatically write certain basic scripts for you.
Once you have set up a database, Rails creates out-of-the-box web pages to do basic Create, Read, Update, and ...
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