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URI like controller/var/controller/var ? - El Forum - 08-06-2014
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
my system:
models:
category
brand
vehicle
controllers:
home
brand
category
vehicle
etc.
DB:
brand
id | name
category
id | name (enum car, truck, bike etc)
vehicle
id | model | id_brand | id_category
In the 'home' controller, the 'index' method list all brands. There is a link on each brand to 'brand/view/name'
The method 'view' of 'brand' controller shows brand's name and a list like this:
CAR | TRUCK | ANOTHERCATEGORY
total: 55 | total: 21 | total: 0
In a system like this, which is the best way to link each of these itens of the list to the 'vehicle' controller?
In regular php i would do like this:
vehicle.php?id_brand=x&id_category=y
I made it work like this on CI:
$route['brand/category/(:any)']='category/view/$1';
brand/category/honda/car
that's ok, but would be more intuitive if i could make URI look like:
brand/honda/category/car
and for vehicle controller:
brand/honda/category/car/vehicle/civic
i think i can create one controller(and turn it my default controller) and make a method for remap this URI, but is there any better option?
ps: sorry for bad english, its not my native language.
URI like controller/var/controller/var ? - El Forum - 08-06-2014
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
I think even more intuitive would be /cars/honda/civic
You could even do /cars/honda/civic/2012 to include the model year
If you only want one controller, instead of having to have a "cars" controller, you'd just
Code:
$route['cars/(:any)/(:any)'] = 'brand/view/$1/$2';
$route['cars/(:any)'] = 'brand/view/$1/';
$route['cars'] = 'brand/view';And the brand controller would look something like
Code:
class Brand extends CI_Controller {
public function view($make = '', $model = '')
{
if ( ! empty($make))
{
//They entered a car Make
}
if ( ! empty($model))
{
//They entered a car Model
}
}
}This would allow for urls like:
/cars (list all car makes)
/cars/honda (list all hondas)
/cars/honda/civic (list all honda civics)
There are many ways to do this, but hopefully this gives you an idea.
URI like controller/var/controller/var ? - El Forum - 08-07-2014
[eluser]Unknown[/eluser]
got it.
ty a lot!