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My routes aren't passing arguments - El Forum - 09-24-2007
[eluser]NSGReaper[/eluser]
So I'm currently working on the file download script for a site. Files can be downloaded either by using: http://mysite/download/34 or http://mysite/download/project.pdf. That is the plan at least, these should be routed to files/getbyid and files/getbyname respectively but while I know that the right function is called no arguments are being passed to it.
Code:
$route['download/:num'] = "files/getbyid";
$route['download/:any'] = "files/getbyname";Code:
class Files extends Controller {
function getbyid($id = -1)
{
if ($id = -1) {
die("No file id specified");
} else { echo $id; }
}
function getbyname($file = "")
{
if ($file = "") {
die("No file name specified");
} else { echo $file; }
}
}With it setup like this I always get the die() message. I have been able to make it work using regex like so:
Code:
$route['download/([0-9]*)'] = "files/getbyid/$1";
$route['download/(.*)'] = "files/getbyname/$1";However it was my understanding that these were synonymous. Have I misunderstood the user guide or is something wrong?
My routes aren't passing arguments - El Forum - 09-24-2007
[eluser]MikePearce[/eluser]
You have to use the regex if you want to pass things to the controllers. Just using the :num and :any is just a means of mapping one URL to another when you don't know what the first URL might be.
My routes aren't passing arguments - El Forum - 09-24-2007
[eluser]NSGReaper[/eluser]
Thanks, I guess I made an assumption rather than misunderstood. Anyway, using regex it works beautifully.
My routes aren't passing arguments - El Forum - 09-24-2007
[eluser]alpar[/eluser]
Code:
$route['download/(:num)'] = "files/getbyid/$1";
$route['download/(:any)'] = "files/getbyname/$1";also works
My routes aren't passing arguments - El Forum - 09-24-2007
[eluser]NSGReaper[/eluser]
Ah, thanks alpar. I was hoping to find an elegant solution. I think I understand it now too.