$route[':any'] issue

[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
It can be done - without routes.

In router.php, the function _validate_request checks if the controller exists. Now at the very bottom of that function you have this line:

Code:

show_404($segments[0]);

Change that to read (override the function, don't edit the core file):

Code:

return array('welcome', 'show_page', $segments[0]);

So if the controller doesn't exist, it will call the welcome controller show_page function and pass the name of the page in as an argument.

Make sure to throw a 404 if the page doesn't exist though.