How to install Codeigniter in Ubuntu
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To install CodeIgniter in Ubuntu 16.04
CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework built for developers who requires a simple and elegant toolkit for creating web applications. Installation of Codeigniter in Ubuntu is explained in this article.
Features
- Light Weight, Model-View-Controller Based System.
- Active Record Database Support.
- Form/Data Validation, Session Management.
- Supports Email Sending Class, Image Manipulation Library, File Uploading Class etc.,
- Maintains Error Logging.
- Larger help supports and flexible URI Routing.
Download the codeigniter using following link,
https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/archive/3.0.6.zip
Run the following command to install CodeIgniter.
root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/archive/3.0.6.zip
--2016-07-08 16:48:01-- https://github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/archive/3.0.6.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.113|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/zip/3.0.6 [following]
--2016-07-08 16:48:02-- https://codeload.github.com/bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/zip/3.0.6
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.253.120
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.253.120|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 2564043 (2.4M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ 3.0.6.zip’
3.0.6.zip 100%[==========================> ] 2.44M 41.0KB/s in 56s
2016-07-08 16:48:59 (44.9 KB/s) - ‘ 3.0.6.zip’ saved [2564043/2564043]
Unzip the downloaded file.
root@linuxhelp:~# unzip 3.0.6.zip
Archive: 3.0.6.zip
8082544c5b4b33175790f505587e202e3ca9e488
creating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/
inflating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/.gitignore
creating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/application/
inflating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/application/.htaccess
creating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/application/cache/
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.
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creating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/user_guide/tutorial/
inflating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/user_guide/tutorial/conclusion.html
inflating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/user_guide/tutorial/create_news_items.html
inflating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/user_guide/tutorial/index.html
inflating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/user_guide/tutorial/news_section.html
inflating: CodeIgniter-3.0.6/user_guide/tutorial/static_pages.html
check the files using “ ls” command.
root@linuxhelp:~# ls
3.0.6.zip CodeIgniter-3.0.6
Rename the extracted directory
root@linuxhelp:~# mv CodeIgniter-3.0.6 codeigniter root@linuxhelp:~# ls 3.0.6.zip codeigniter
Copy the unzipped file to “ /var/www/html/” directory.
root@linuxhelp:~# cp -R codeigniter /var/www/html/codeigniter
Then restart the apache2 service by using following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# service apache2 restart root@linuxhelp:~# service apache2 status apache2.service - LSB: Apache2 web server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/apache2 bad vendor preset: enabled) Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d ??apache2-systemd.conf Active: active (running) since Fri 2016-07-08 16:53:07 IST 8s ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 3593 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/apache2 stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 3619 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/apache2 start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Tasks: 6 (limit: 512) CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service ??3636 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ??3639 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ??3640 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ??3641 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ??3642 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start ??3643 /usr/sbin/apache2 -k start Jul 08 16:53:06 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Apache2 web server... Jul 08 16:53:06 linuxhelp apache2[3619]: * Starting Apache httpd web server apache2 Jul 08 16:53:07 linuxhelp apache2[3619]: * Jul 08 16:53:07 linuxhelp systemd[1]: Started LSB: Apache2 web server.
Open browser and type http://< local_host> /codeigniter or http://< IP_address> /codeigniter
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