Install and run PHP CodeIgniter under XAMPP in Windows 7

Code Igniter By Builder

CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework
based on the Model-View-Controller development pattern
Download page:
http://ellislab.com/codeigniter
Documentation page:
http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/toc.html

1) Download CodeIgniter_2.1.4.zip and unzip to
C:xampphtdocsxamppcodeigniter
note I installed XAMPP under C:xampp
2) Run
http://localhost/xampp/codeigniter/
welcome page should appear.
3) Create test.php under
application/controller
run
http://localhost/xampp/codeigniter/index.php/test
4) configure databaseapplicationconfigdatabase.php

More about this video
http://jiansenlu.blogspot.com/2014/05/install-and-run-php-codeigniter-under.html

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