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From Strategy to Code

Services/Delivery & Engineering/Web Engineering

CodeIgniter Development & Modernization · PHP, Migration to Laravel

CodeIgniter engineering for organisations running existing CI applications — maintenance, security hardening, performance work, and modernization paths to CodeIgniter 4 or Laravel. We don't recommend new builds in CodeIgniter, but we do keep production CI codebases honest while clients plan their next move.

CodeIgniter 4PHP 8.3MySQLLaravel (migration)
Why HXRL

Our point of view

CodeIgniter shops fall into two camps: ones that should keep CI for another five years, and ones that should be migrating now. We do the diagnostic before the engagement so the answer isn't 'whatever we sell most of'.

What we won't do

We won't quote new green-field CodeIgniter builds in 2026. If a project genuinely needs PHP simplicity, we'll quote Laravel instead — and if it doesn't, something else.

Outcome

An honest path off CodeIgniter — or, where the right answer is to stay, a CI codebase that holds up to security review and team handovers.

What we ship

CodeIgniter Development

Concrete deliverables — not adjectives. Each engagement scopes which of these are in play and what success looks like for them.

01CodeIgniter 3 → 4 upgrades
02CodeIgniter → Laravel migration paths
03Security hardening and dependency upgrades
04Performance and database tuning
05Maintenance and team augmentation for existing CI codebases
FAQ

Questions clients actually ask

Drawn from sales calls, not SEO filler. Want a question added? Drop it in the form on this page — we update from real enquiries.

Should we upgrade CodeIgniter 3 to 4 or rewrite in Laravel?+

Depends on codebase size, business pressure, and team strength. CI3→CI4 is mostly mechanical for medium codebases. Laravel rewrites are right when the existing CI design is straining the business. We diagnose first.

Is CodeIgniter still secure in 2026?+

CodeIgniter 4 is actively maintained. CodeIgniter 3 is end-of-life — security patches require backporting and we'd recommend a migration plan rather than running it indefinitely.

Migrating from CodeIgniter to Laravel — incremental?+

Yes — strangler pattern with shared sessions / auth. The legacy CI app stays live as Laravel routes are introduced. We've shipped multiple of these.

Can you maintain a CodeIgniter codebase we inherited?+

Yes — we take on CI maintenance engagements. We'll be honest if we recommend retiring the codebase rather than maintaining it indefinitely.

Get in touch

Talk to a senior engineer about CodeIgniter Development.

No SDR funnel — your message goes to a director who can tell you, on the first call, whether we're the right partner.

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