CodeIgniter V3.1.10. How has it Changed the Game
CodeIgniter is one of the old guards in the field of web development. But to remain relevant with time, their developers do see the need to come up with regular updation and the latest version of CodeIgniter is a testament to the fact. So one of the newest versions out there, January 16 2019 was the date when faithful set their site on CodeIgniter 3.1.10 and what unique it had to offer. Safe to say, they weren’t disappointed. Hire CodeIgniter developers and you will know what makes it such an enticing option out there.
So what makes CodeIgniter 3.1.10 a winner in the eyes of the developers globally, let’s dive right into it.
1. Bug Fixation: As many as 12 major bug fixes have been included in the latest CodeIgniter version. Some of them are mentioned here, for example –
Fixed a bug (#5526) – Session Library had a syntax error in its ‘Memcached’ driver.
Fixed a bug (#5542) – Database Forge method modify_column() always made fields NOT NULL when attempting to modify their nullable property under PostgreSQL.
Fixed a bug (#5561) – Database Library didn’t allow SSL connection configuration with only the ‘ssl_verify’ option when using the ‘mysqli’ driver.
Fixed a bug (#5545) – Session Library crashed due to a caching-related error with the ‘files’ driver.
2. Enhanced Security: With the previous CodeIgniter versions, cross-site scripting was a major problem. Hackers were able to inject XSS into the flies earlier via the system. But with the bug fixation of ‘xss_clean’ function, the platform is more secure than ever before (known as XSS filtration).
3. Output Minification: You can now minify your output generated in JS or CSS form by using ‘theminify_output’ function and set it TRUE. This will be depicted as under.
config[‘minify_output’] = TRUE; Apart from that, CodeIgniter 3.1.10 also lets you minify HTML output data and the output efficiency increases as a result.
4. Better Library Manipulation: Image Manipulation is hassle-free with CodeIgniter 3.1.10. Previously the website images had to be compressed to ensure brisk page loading but now you can achieve the same (even faster) page loading time without compromising the page layout. Any large image (including 1920*1200) can be cropped and resized with minimal effort now. The new system supports ImageMagick, NetPBM, GD etc.
5. No need of a Template Engine: A vast majority of developers who earlier used frameworks like Laravel did so due to the availability of inbuilt template engine. But with the Introduction of CodeIgniter 3.1.1.0, the PHP coding power has been increased significantly. So you don’t need to generate a pseudo-code, which later has to be converted back into a PHP file.
6. File Download features: Up until recently, the framework didn’t add the luxury of downloading the complete data file, rather you could only save the data in the form of a collection of strings. That isn’t the case anymore and the function introduced to facilitate file download is ‘force_download’.
7. Even friendlier SEO approach: This feature itself is a summarization of all the aforementioned features. Being able to create SEO friendly URLs was one of the primary key features that attracted users in the first place. And now with CodeIgniter 3.1.10, these issue fixation and add ons will obviously charge the overall performance thereby charging the viewer trafficking.
Conclusion: By upgrading to CodeIgniter 3.1.10, your web page visitors experience a better page response and the search crawlers can also detect your site much quicker. The updation will, of course, continue to exist, so do make sure you don’t fall behind and relish the best framework experience that currently exists.
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