Dynamic routing names

@iamthwee

>>> In wordpress when you create a blog entry it's url is by default blogid/blogdate or something.
>>> But you can go into the back and change it so it show blogname/blogdate which is a more SEO friendly url.
>>> So my question is can I do something like this in codeigniter without tampering with the .htaccess file.

The way I attack this problem is to use the folowing:
1. Helper -> url_title()
2. Uri Class - $this->uri->_segments(1, 'Default to cannot find blog');


Minimum Table structure: table->blog
title as varchar(255)
slug as varchar(255)
blurb as text

Save each and every blog to blog table and set the following:
$title = 'blog title goes here'
$slug = url_title($title) // requires Url Helper to be loaded
$blurb = 'Blog blurb goes here'

Adjust the routes.php
Routes file: ./config/routes.php
$route["default_controller"] = "c_home";

$route["home"] = "c_home/index";
$route['blog'] = "c_blog/index";
$route["about"] = "c_about/index/$1";
$route["terms"] = "c_about/terms";

// fall through to getSlug
$route["(.+)"] = "c_blog/getSlug/$1";


Controllers file: ./controllers/c_blog,php
//========================================
class C_blog extends MY_Library
{

//=================
function getSlug()
{
$slug = $this->uri->segment(1);

// search blog table
$ok = $this->db->blog->getSlug($slug);
if( $ok )
{
// populate $data['...'] = [ ['title' => '$ok->title'], ['blurb' => $ok->blurb] ];

}else{
$data['title'] == 'Unable to find blog: ' .$slug;
}
// call $this->view('v_blogs', $data);

}// end func

}// end class

Please note that my function getSlug() has numerous other checks and is over a hundred lines.