Route passing $1 into the controller function instead of the value

Routes are most flexible thing i have ever used

PHP 8.3
CI 4.6.0

PHP Code:

$routes->get('{locale}/LoadEvents/(:any)', [FrontendController::class, 'LoadEvents/$1']);
$routes->get('{locale}/LoadEvents2/(:any)', [FrontendController::class, 'LoadEvents2']); 


PHP Code:

public function LoadEvents($id_1, $id_2): string
    {
        d($id_1);
        dd($id_2);
    }

    public function LoadEvents2(...$params): string
    {
        dd($params);
    } 


1. www.domain.com/en/LoadEvents/123/987

PHP Code:

$id_1 string (3) "123" 


PHP Code:

$id_2 string (3) "987" 


2. www.domain.com/en/LoadEvents2/123/987/456/beekeeper/mnt-top

PHP Code:

$params array (5)
0 => string (3) "123"
1 => string (3) "987"
2 => string (3) "456"
3 => string (9) "beekeeper"
4 => string (7) "mnt-top" 


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PHP Code:

$routes->get("Entry/(:any)",'Home::Entry/$1');
$routes->get("LoadEvents/(:any)",'Home::Load_Events/$l/$2'); <-- looks like an l not a 1 


Correct, that was small L, not integer 1