Improve routes rule help

[eluser]chefnelone[/eluser]
Hello

I learnign how to use route[] in the config/routes.php file;

I've done this:

Code:

$route['shop/:any/:num/:num/:num'] = 'shop/detail/$3/$4/$5';
//then: 'shop/pizza/203/0/4' is routed to 'shop/detail/203/0/4'

which works fine.

But I'like to get rid of the last 3 segments (/203/0/4) Problem is that I need to pass those segments to the 'detail' function.

Is there any way to do this (maybe with .htaccess)