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CodeIgniter 4 vs Laravel: A Developer's Guide to Choosing the Right PHP Framework

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A developer with 12+ years of PHP experience compares Laravel and CodeIgniter 4, showing code examples for the same tasks. Laravel excels for complex business logic and team projects, while CodeIgniter offers simplicity and explicit SQL control. The article provides practical guidance on when to use each framework.

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The comparison is useful for PHP developers but lacks performance benchmarks or real-world project metrics to back up the claims.
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