quite easy to setup as compared to zend, zend is very difficult to setup and the methods are very difficult to understand, codeigniter was pretty easy
Great framework. Feature packed with expressive syntax. Added bonus, Eloquent ORM is a pleasure to use.
Easy to learn, has very clean and short syntax, lightweight, not bloated, flexible and easy to extend.
Codeigniter best framework, before I was trying cakePHP but it was too tricky to develop with..
it is wonderful framework and its flow is easy to understand and very lightweight and clearly documented framework