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Boilerplate\n\n![PHP](https://img.shields.io/badge/PHP-8.3-blue)\n![CodeIgniter](https://img.shields.io/badge/CodeIgniter-2.2.6-orange)\n![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green)\n![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active-brightgreen)\n\n🚀 A modernized boilerplate for CodeIgniter 2 projects running on PHP 8.2/8.3+.This project patches the original CodeIgniter 2.2.6 core (system/ folder) to remove deprecated features, fix dynamic property issues, and update old MySQL calls for compatibility with modern PHP and MariaDB/MySQL.\n\n## ✨ Features\n\n✅ Fully compatible with PHP 8.2/8.3\n\n✅ Dynamic properties declared (no more deprecation warnings)\n\n✅ Replaced legacy mysql_* with mysqli\n\n✅ Clean CodeIgniter 2.2.6 core ready for new projects\n\n✅ Drop-in boilerplate for legacy CI2 apps that need to run today\n\n✅ Works with MariaDB/MySQL 5.7+\n\n## 📖 Why This Exists\n\nCodeIgniter 2 was officially retired in 2015 and was never updated for PHP 7 or PHP 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