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Hello everyone,
I am currently trying to setup CodeIgniter and am having some issues with the database connection. I followed the instructions and still can't connect and still get an error message saying the connection could not be established.

Is anyone else having this issue. Please help me fix it asap.

Thanks!

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Hello!

I've started working on a CI4 project that is already running for a while now and has a bunch of complex data and db structure but does not uses migrations.

As the documentation itself states: 

Quote:You could edit fragments of SQL by hand but you would then be responsible for telling other developers that they need to go and run them. You would also have to keep track of which changes need to be run against the production machines next time you deploy.

Executing the php spark command causes the message CodeIgniter v4.5.7 Command Line Tool - Server Time: 2025-04-14 18:46:24 UTC+02:00 to be displayed. Is there a way to disable this?

how to check if URL exists with codeigniter ?

I didn't find and try to do it with simple php but it is not as easy as I read. Maybe because php change and what works 10 years ago does not work today in 2025 with php 8 (I forget the decimal)
I try
curl_init($url))
  $headers = get_headers($url);
and differents easy solution but when I really check it it accept that it should not or I got php error message 
Do codeigniter have already done solution ?

I even try  if ( file_get_contents($url, 'FILE_TEXT', NULL, 0, 1))

But I got this kind of error  file_get_contents(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo for aaaaaaa failed: Temporary failure in name resolution
instead of true false
I try catch but always have erors  impossible to say if I have any kind of error it is false

Thought this might be useful to someone looking to try out CodeIgniter or if they happened to need a default install to test some ideas out:
CodeIgniter4 on phpsandbox.io

CI4 is brand new to me. I came from CI2 and barely CI3. So, I just installed a fresh copy of WAMP and CI 4.6.0. I have already pointed the doc root to the public folder of my project (htdocs/ci46/public). Then, I opened "localhost" on my browser and it works. So far, so good.
When I try to follow the tutorials, that's when I started encountering issues.

Issue #1: I have gone up to the point where I first run Pages.php in the tutorial. Then I encounter a 404 error when I load "localhost/pages". I get the same error when I try to load any existing and non-existing page. Only the default Home.php page loads. 

Issue #2: When I try to open "localhost/index.php" just to test it, the PHP code is displayed, in plain text! Something is definitely wrong here. 

I tried changing $urlProtocol to PATH_INFO but the issue is the same. When I use QUERY_STRING, I don't get the 404 message but the default page loads on any existing/non-existing page.

I have also tried enabling auto routing but the problem persists.

Either I'm doing something very wrong or I'm missing a crucial config during the setup. I have never experienced these issues in setting up the older versions. Any help is appreciated. Let me know if you guys need any additional information.

Thanks you!

Marv

Hi everyone,

I'm working with CodeIgniter 4 and I need to configure the session expiration time dynamically based on the user role at login.

I understand that, by default, CodeIgniter loads session settings from app/Config/Session.php, where the 'expiration' value is defined. However, this configuration is static and applied globally.

What I want to achieve is something like this:

• If the user has the admin role, their session should last longer.
  
• If the user has a standard role, the session should expire sooner.
  

Hi If so how do  Team,
In my CI3 app I never worried about this because we autoloaded 'database' lib.
In CI4 it seems I now have to connect in my code - I have chosen the constructor of any Controller or Model where ever I need to access the database.
I am now aware that I could hit connection limits (currently 151 by default for mysql db)
A few (perhaps) obvious questions:
1) If I make a connection in a controller and the user session redirects to another controller will the $db persist for the session or do I open a second etc connection?
2) Should I check for an existing connection in each constructor and either proceed or open a new connection as appropriate? If so how please?
3) Another potential strategy would be to force a disconnect on completion of my db interation. If so how please?
4) I quite like the freeQuery() call. Is this recommended to optimise memory as lng as you don't need the cached result?
I have read the upgrade notes carefully but haven't found those nuggets yet.
Appreciate any thoughts and guidance.
TIA, Paul