Codeigniter and tables

Hi, colleagues!

I am looking for a solution for storing tables and use it web site. I like approach is used in Wordpress: a module creates tables and you can insert this one as shortcode.

My CMS uses shortcodes as well, and I think that shortcode method is good for me. The complex place is in-place editing the table. As workaround for editing is just download table as CSV-file, edit them and upload again.

Any ideas?