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Simple integration of the Laravel Eloquent ORM into CodeIgniter 4 via Composer.

The package automatically initializes Eloquent when a CodeIgniter application starts. No additional service or event configuration is required in your project.

Requirements

PHP 8.2 or later
CodeIgniter 4.5 or later
MySQL or MariaDB
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Installation

From the root directory of your CodeIgniter 4 project, run:

composer require bbecker48/codeigniter4-eloquent

Eloquent and its dependencies will be installed automatically.

Database configuration

Configure your database connection in the CodeIgniter .env file:

database.default.hostname = localhost
database.default.database = my_database
database.default.username = root
database.default.password =
database.default.DBDriver = MySQLi

The package automatically uses the CodeIgniter database configuration to initialize Eloquent.

Create an Eloquent model

Create your models in app/Models.

Example:

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Book extends Model
{
    public $timestamps = false;
}

You can then use Eloquent directly from your controllers:

use App\Models\Book;

$book = Book::find(1);

echo $book->title;

All standard Eloquent features can be used, including queries, relationships, collections and CRUD operations.

How it works

The package integrates illuminate/database with the CodeIgniter lifecycle and automatically boots Eloquent when the application starts.

You do not need to modify:

app/Config/Services.php
app/Config/Events.php
your CodeIgniter core files

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License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT License.

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