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khejduk
khejduk

Reputation: 309

Why are functions not working in Codeigniter default controller?

I have a fresh install of codeigniter. I am simply trying to use a function in my default controller like this:

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Welcome extends CI_Controller {

    public function index()
    {

        $data = array(
           'title' => 'Welcome',
           'description' => 'Welcome Page'
        );

        $this->load->view('layouts/header',$data);  
        $this->load->view('home/home');
        $this->load->view('layouts/footer',$data);
    }

    public function contact()
    {

        $data = array(
           'title' => 'Contact Us',
           'description' => 'Contact Page'
        );

        $this->load->view('layouts/header',$data);  
        $this->load->view('home/contact');
        $this->load->view('layouts/footer',$data);
    }
}

I have removed index.php successfully using htaccess. Now when I go to example.com/welcome/contact it works, but not example.com/contact/.

Why is this, shouldn't this work by default without using routes?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8625

Answers (3)

Khairu Aqsara
Khairu Aqsara

Reputation: 1310

use route inside codeigniter, so you can rerwrite new uri for each of them

$route['contact'] = 'welcome/contact';

and don't forget about htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|resources|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]

Upvotes: 6

Shomz
Shomz

Reputation: 37701

example.com/contact/ calls the Contact controller, and what you have is a method in the Welcome controller (which is your default controller, like @Madmartigan explained).

Upvotes: 0

No Results Found
No Results Found

Reputation: 102735

The "default controller" is only used when there are no URL segments. It only calls one method, and the default method of a controller is index().

Generally, the first part of your URL maps to a controller:

This would invoke the index method of the contact controller:

http://example.com/contact

This would invoke the hello method of the contact controller:

http://example.com/contact/hello

This would invoke the hello method of the contact controller and pass world as the first argument:

http://example.com/contact/hello/world

Read all about it in the user guide: http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/urls.html

You need a contact controller for this URL to work, or you can use routing.

Upvotes: 4

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