CakePHP VS CodeIgniter for a User Management Web tool [closed]

You'll have die-hards arguing relentlessly for either side, but basically it comes down to opinion and there is essentially no right or wrong answer.

I started learning CodeIgniter because it seemed to have an easier learning curve than CakePHP. I don't remember why, but I switched to Cake years ago and haven't looked back. I've found Cake pretty easy to learn, too.

From what I've heard, the future doesn't look that bright for CodeIgniter. See articles below:

"CodeIgniter used to have a bigger community, but many moved to different frameworks after EllisLab, the company behind it, dropped support and no new features were added." - from http://phpmaster.com/goodbye-codeigniter-hello-laravel/

and also http://heybigname.com/2012/05/06/why-codeigniter-is-dead/

I'd go with CakePHP, but I'm biased, because I use CakePHP. In any case, the topic has been discussed again and again all over the web, so do a bit of research, pick a framework, and get coding! Good luck!

As joshua.paling said, it boils down to personal preference of choosing CakePHP or CodeIgniter.

I've used CodeIgniter, Kohana, FuelPHP for the past 3 years, but all my new projects are build using Laravel. I believe Laravel is the future of open source PHP frameworks.

Having a great documentation and plenty of high quality screen casts available, you will get started with it in no time.

It's true what Marko Said. You will find many posts saying "Codeigniter is dead".

In case if you do move to Laravel. This will be helpful.