Somewhat confused about URL Helper

In CodeIgniter url's are always Controller / Method

url_to is used for named routes.

PHP Code:

<?php

// The route is defined as:
$routes->get('users/(:num)/gallery/(:num)', 'Galleries::showUserGallery/$1/$2', ['as' => 'user_gallery']); // the as => is the named route

?>

<!-- Generate the URI to link to user ID 15, gallery 12: -->
<a href="<?= url_to('user_gallery', 15, 12) ?>">View Gallery</a>  <!-- user_gallery is the named route. -->
<!-- Result: 'http://example.com//users/15/gallery/12' --> 


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