CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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ting hooi soo
ting hooi soo

Reputation: 21

Codeigniter URL Overlapping. Not working properly

this is my code below.

<li><a href="about/why">Why share?</a></li><li>

But after I apply this i manage to redirect to the page but when i try to press another page the url will be keep adding like this and cause page not found.

The page look like this But when i try to link to home page, the url won't change back to /home only Any solution? or another way to link the page? Need help on this! Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 164

Answers (2)

CodeGodie
CodeGodie

Reputation: 12132

You need to set your base_url() in config.php, and call the url_helper so that you can then use it.

Step by Step Instructions:

  1. in application/config/config.php, set your base_url, I prefer to use something like this:

    $config['base_url'] = 'http://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . '/';

  2. in application/config/autoload.php, add url helper:

    $autoload['helper'] = array('url');

  3. Use it in your views like this:

    <a href="<?= base_url('about/why') ?>" > link </a>

Read this: https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/helpers/url_helper.html

Upvotes: 2

JC Lee
JC Lee

Reputation: 2387

Your href should have a slash in front of it so that it goes to "root".

<li><a href="/about/why">Why share?</a></li><li>

If not, the browser will think it is relative to the current route. Or use Codeigniter's built-in site_url() function

<li><a href="<?=site_url("about/why")?>">Why share?</a></li>

Read about relative/absolute here: http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/absolute-vs-relative-pathslinks/

Upvotes: 2

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