CodeIgniter isn't the ideal, do we really need PHP frameworks when there is a functional programming language that doesn't locked you in and language wise give raw performance, >6 times CI3 performance, without compromise in type safe.
PHP7 is 10x slow than Swift 3 and Go.
Framework is 10x complexity than Swift 3 and Go.
Dynamic language is easier to make mistake than compiled language.
It spent lot of time reading code and less time to solve simple problem where CURL does really shine.
If you have a choice, you won't choose Lumen, Laravel and CI.
