Outsource your PHP development, projects and maintenance to webFOX. webFOX also will take on Codeigniter projects. We are in the process of recruiting a small dedicated team of PHP and Codeigniter specialists. webFOX is located in Cape Town.
Codeigniter
webFOX prefers to use the PHP framework Codeigniter for most of its projects. Codeigniter provides a rapid development environment which results in at least a 30% decrease in production time. Codeigniter is well documented, easy to learn and has a huge following of commited developers. Codeigniter separates database connections (model), business logic(controller) and presentation(view) making the code much easier to understand and maintain. Codeigniter sites are fast and can handel high traffic better than other PHP frameworks.
Advantages of PHP
Performance and Reliability. PHP provides high performance and reliability as well as low development and maintenance cost<
Compatible with HTML PHP can be embeded into the HTML code. It was one of the first scripting languages to do this.
Server support PHP is compatible with servers like Apache and IIS
Operating Systems supported. PHP runs on various platforms such as Windows, Linux and Unix
Databases Supported. PHP supports a wide variety of databases such as MySQL, MS SQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL and Generic ODBC
Excellent SecurityPHP offers many levels of security to prevent malicious attacks.
Advantages of MySQL
Affordable. Although MySQL is open source, it is not always free. Licencing when required is affordable.
Seamless integration with most languages. MySQL integrates seamlessly with a number of programming languages and other web-based technologies.
Performance. MySQL offer excellent perfomance.
Security. All password traffic is encrypted connecting to a server. A privilege and password system that is very flexible and allows host-based verification.
Scalability. MySQL handels large databases. Tables of up to 8TB are allowed. MySQL scales efficiently upto 1000 simultanious users.
Reliability. MySQL RDBMS has been tested and certified in high volume, mission critical applications.
Ease of use. MySQL is easy to use administer and optimise. A number of browser based and software tools are available. MySQL is extremely well documented.
