I did some initial googling and it seems that the ODBC driver for Couchbase is a paid solution vs. open source.
Is this understanding correct?
If so, what alternatives do I have? Many thanks!
I also see ODBC/JDBC drivers available from cdata (we haven’t tested that yet).
Only available open-source driver is JDBC-JSON (github.com/jdbc-json), which provides API to Couchbase over N1QL (query language from Couchbase, for querying JSON).
As Prasad pointed out, Simba has worked closely with Couchbase to ensure our drivers work well with any and all tools that have ODBC or JDBC connectivity. I would suggest you try out the drivers at http://www.simba.com/drivers/couchbase-odbc-jdbc/ to make sure they work for Codeigniter. If you have any problems, you can also contact us and we’ll work with you to ensure any issues are resolved.