Can not create Controller naming 'index'.

[eluser]aerian[/eluser]
On creating a controller namely "index" the following error comes

Fatal error: Cannot re declare index::index() in C:\wamp\www\websitename\system\application\controllers\index.php on line 10

due to the presence of constructor with the same name.

is the "index" name for controller is prohibited.

[eluser]Pascal Kriete[/eluser]
You can in theory do it under PHP 5, by using the __construct magic function. However under PHP 4 you cannot have two methods of the same name in one class. It will still work if you don't declare an index function, but calling it without a method will rerun the constructor. That makes it rather impractical which is why it is considered a reserved controller name.

[eluser]aerian[/eluser]
thanks :-)