Changing URI segments in Code Ingniter

[eluser]MianUsman[/eluser]
Hi ,
i m using codeigniter for one and half year but now i got one situation that i never face and bit confuse about this u all are requested to help me out .
i m makeing a multilingual site and i need to have language code at first segment to uri then after this code there will be controller name , function and params to function .

e.g.
www.abc.com/home
here home is my controller
but i need
www.abc.com/de/home
same controller Home should be called as in above URL ,

may i do this in codeigniter if yes then how i could.please help me out .

thanks in Advance

Regards
Usman Abdul-Razzaq

[eluser]Dam1an[/eluser]
Have you tried using URI routing?

[eluser]MianUsman[/eluser]
Hi,

thanks for reply.
yeah i have tried the routs file but didn't succeed.
really unable to write this kind of code .

also i think u didn't understand my requirement

www.abc.com/home
here home is my controller
but i need
www.abc.com/de/home

means that i don't want to codigniter to assume 'de' as a class OR as a folder in controller folder. also this runs same home controller as upper url is running.

its just a language code in which language user is view site.

thanks in advance

regards
Usman Abdul-Razzaq

[eluser]slowgary[/eluser]
URI routing should let you turn:

Code:

www.abc.com/de/home

into:

Code:

www.abc.com/home/de

This way, you'd still be accessing your controller, and in the controller you can check the uri segment to select the language pack. Right?

[eluser]Dam1an[/eluser]
You're going to need to use routes, extend the router class, or use a pre system/pre controller hook to set the language, and shift the URIs one to the left

[eluser]tomcode[/eluser]
In my latest site I used a customized Router class based on this Wiki entry, I put the changed Router.php into the application library folder.

Before I used a central MY_Controller with a Controller foreach language, which would set the language and then use the methods of MY_Controller, suitable for small sites, very readable and fast.

Another method using routes is described in the Wiki by wiredesignz