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Correct way to re-direct in controller back to "index" - joho - 02-02-2024
What is the correct way to re-direct the user back to "index"?
In my routes, I'm using $routes->match() to match URIs according to CRUD, so for "delete", there's:
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$routes->match( ['get', 'post'], 'delete/(:segment)', [MyController::class, 'delete'] );And then in "delete", in the Controller, I check for a valid parameter. If I don't get a valid parameter, I want to issue a re-direct to "/".
I've tried returing the "index" view, which is not good since it'll keep the URI at domain.com/delete.
I've tried setting up an additional route, as a catch-all for "delete" like so:
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$routes->match( ['get', 'post'], 'delete/', [MyController::class, 'index'] );But that will yield the same result (which is expected).
I've tried using redirect()->route like so:
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return( redirect()->route( '' ) );But that'll re-direct the browser to "https://domain.com/index.php/", which is ugly :-)
So, what I'm using now is simply this:
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return( $this->response->redirect( base_url() ));Is that the correct way of doing it?
RE: Correct way to re-direct in controller back to "index" - kenjis - 02-02-2024
You should not delete something with GET requests. GET should be safe (does not change any resources).
See https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/outgoing/response.html#redirect-to-a-uri-path
and https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/running.html#configure-for-your-site-uris
RE: Correct way to re-direct in controller back to "index" - joho - 02-04-2024
Well, I'm not actually deleting anything on GET. That will simply display a confirmation prompt, which will do a POST, which will delete.