URI routing in codeigniter

Question

As the title suggests, my issue is with codeIgniter.

I have used a code in an .htaccess file to remove index.php which works all OK.

But I need to go further in changing the URI:

My main controller is page(), so when a user is in my homepage, the URL-bar shows:

www.example.com/page/

(because homepage is index page, it does not show the page name as usual the controller suffice),

but If I go to registration page, the URL-bar shows:

www.example.com/page/register

Up to here everything is OK, but I want the codeIgniter to show my domain without the page() when the user is in my homepage, I don't want foolish www.example.com/page/ to appear and I think when someone is visiting index page, the URL-bar better to be www.example.com

Answer 1

for the link to register:

  www.example.com/register

in config/routes.php

 $route['register'] = 'page/register';    

Answer 2

You can define a custom route in config/routes.php - for example:

$route['default_controller'] = 'page';

Then, http://example.com

goes to http://example.com/page

then if you did not specify any data , it will route to default controller.

Answer 3

You have everything explained here in great detail.

http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/tutorial/static_pages.html there is an example here on the bottom how to do uri routing with routes.php file in codeigniter.