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Is URI segment 2 reserved? - El Forum - 07-02-2008
[eluser]kwhitaker[/eluser]
Hello all.
I'm writing a CI application that sends emails, so I have a controller called email, funny enough. Now this controller requires a parameter before it will generate a page, otherwise it kicks the user back to the index page.
My problem is that if I go to this url: www.example.com/index.php/mail/parameter I get a 404. Is segment 2 reserved? If so, how would you recommend that I get around this particular issue?
Code pasted here:
Code:
<?php
class Mail extends Controller {
function Mail()
{
parent::Controller();
}
//Main index page of the mail list
function index()
{
if(!$this->uri->segment(2))
{
//If they have not provided a link, kick them back to the index
redirect('/videos/');
exit();
}
else
{
echo "Hello World";
}
}
}
?>Is URI segment 2 reserved? - El Forum - 07-02-2008
[eluser]xwero[/eluser]
The second segment is the method of the class. Routing solves this
Code:
$route['mail/(.+)'] = 'mail/index/$1';Is URI segment 2 reserved? - El Forum - 07-02-2008
[eluser]kwhitaker[/eluser]
Thanks, that did the trick. Would you mind dissecting the code a bit so I know what exactly is going on?
Is URI segment 2 reserved? - El Forum - 07-02-2008
[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
Normally CodeIgniter urls are www.example.com/controller/function/parameter1/param2/etc ..
Routes are nothing more than regular expressions. ".+" means one or more character, and the parentheses 'capture' that. So, the regular expression xwero is using says www.example.com/mail/anything should point to mail/index/anything .