Values in URL, but segments are blank. ?

[eluser]gordon Stewart[/eluser]
Hello.

New problem.

We put in values in URl http://domain.com/news/1

It 'activates' the news function, However the '1' isn't being passed though as a segment value.

Code:

if ($this->uri->segment(2) === FALSE)
            {
                $item = 0;
            }
            else
            {
                $item = $this->uri->segment(1);
            echo "ITEM1 = '$item' X<BR>\n";
                $item = $this->uri->segment(2);
            echo "ITEM2 = '$item' X<BR>\n";
                $item = $this->uri->segment(3);
            echo "ITEM3 = '$item' X<BR>\n";
                $item = $this->uri->segment(4);
            echo "ITEM4 = '$item' X<BR>\n";
            }

all the $item values are blank.

my system admin is online now, & i'm chatting - He's trying to figure it out...


Query

1) How can I (as a user / Controller file - Check / de-bug why segments aren't being passed..

2) What can the system administrator do - To debug from a higher level (parts I can't get access to change)...