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Shivam
Shivam

Reputation: 303

Making a dynamic URI in CodeIgniter

I have some website http://www.example.com, I have a controller abc in which I have method index() which loads my website's view. I have made my controller abc as default controller so that when user enters example.com , he can directly see the view. I cannot change this default controller in any case. Now I want that if user enters example.com/1234 , where 1234 is profile number, so it should show that profile . if it is example.com/5678 , then it should show 5678's profile. The problem I am facing is , if user enters example.com/1234 then it will throw a 404 error because I don't have any controller 1234, even if I make a check in my default controller's index function if($this->uri->segment(3) == True) it is throwing 404 error. Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1137

Answers (4)

Miomir Dancevic
Miomir Dancevic

Reputation: 6852

Add in routes.php 

$route["(.*)"] = 'abc/userid/$1';

Then in main controller abc add

public function userid()
    {
     $userid=$this->uri->segment(1);
echo ($userid);
    }

Now you have userid in this function :)

Upvotes: 0

thefunker
thefunker

Reputation: 46

Create a pre_controller hook in config/hooks.php. Remember to enable hooks in config/config.php if you haven't already.

Example:

$hook['pre_controller'][] = array(
                                'class'    => 'Thehook',
                                'function' => 'check_for_profile',
                                'filename' => 'thehook.php',
                                'filepath' => 'hooks'
                                );

Then create your hook method check_for_profile() in hooks/thehook.php. This method can check for a matching profile and display or redirect accordingly. If no profile match is found you can call the show_404() method.

This way, your existing controller/method paths are unaffected, and all of your routes remain intact.

If you're redirecting within the hook, use this format:

header("Location: controller/method");

..rather than

redirect('controller/method');

...as the latter will result in a continuous loop

Upvotes: 0

sinisake
sinisake

Reputation: 11338

In your routes file add this change:

$route['(:any)'] = 'abc/index/$1';

Then in abc controller:

public function index($profile=NULL)


    {

        $profile = $this->uri->segment(1, 0);

        echo($profile);// just for checking, of course, you will remove this later, + the rest of your code, related to user id

Upvotes: 2

Erman Belegu
Erman Belegu

Reputation: 4079

Typically there is a one-to-one relationship between a URL string and its corresponding controller class/method. In the routes.php (config folder) you can change the defoult controller and routing also. Read the Wildcards (secion) in documentation below More informacion read the documentation

Upvotes: 0

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