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authorTimothy Warren <tim@timshomepage.net>2012-06-27 14:02:13 +0200
committerTimothy Warren <tim@timshomepage.net>2012-06-27 14:02:13 +0200
commit13077951b63cf9858dc14ec9cab7f2b53ec88a3e (patch)
treee1fc50ddb8c0a4103c945f15d674d85c6655231b /user_guide_src/source/general
parent9128231452f3ccea857a848b61bd0e6e9e319737 (diff)
parentb66664b5decd68de50ae6c239c8d995d6c088d94 (diff)
Merge branch 'develop' of git://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into email
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-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/general/models.rst6
-rw-r--r--user_guide_src/source/general/welcome.rst32
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/models.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/models.rst
index 87f63e416..2e1e025ee 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/models.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/models.rst
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ model class might look like::
class Blog_model extends CI_Model {
- var $title = '';
- var $content = '';
- var $date = '';
+ public $title = '';
+ public $content = '';
+ public $date = '';
function __construct()
{
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/welcome.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/welcome.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b28c3bcc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/welcome.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+######################
+Welcome to CodeIgniter
+######################
+
+CodeIgniter is an Application Development Framework - a toolkit - for
+people who build web sites using PHP. Its goal is to enable you to
+develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code
+from scratch, by providing a rich set of libraries for commonly needed
+tasks, as well as a simple interface and logical structure to access
+these libraries. CodeIgniter lets you creatively focus on your project
+by minimizing the amount of code needed for a given task.
+
+***********************
+Who is CodeIgniter For?
+***********************
+
+CodeIgniter is right for you if:
+
+- You want a framework with a small footprint.
+- You need exceptional performance.
+- You need broad compatibility with standard hosting accounts that run
+ a variety of PHP versions and configurations.
+- You want a framework that requires nearly zero configuration.
+- You want a framework that does not require you to use the command
+ line.
+- You want a framework that does not require you to adhere to
+ restrictive coding rules.
+- You are not interested in large-scale monolithic libraries like PEAR.
+- You do not want to be forced to learn a templating language (although
+ a template parser is optionally available if you desire one).
+- You eschew complexity, favoring simple solutions.
+- You need clear, thorough documentation.