routing issue

[eluser]srisa[/eluser]
Hello,

I have a routing rule like this

Code:

$route['(:num)'] = "users/user/$1";

and it works as expected.

The problem is that two urls will be serving the same content. Not sure how big a problem that can be. What i want to do is to redirect the user to the other url. Is it possible to do it with the uri routing provided by CI?

I know that it can be done with .htaccess . After a little bit of research, i feel that it can be done by extending the CI_Router class. Which one do you think is better? Or is there any alternative?

Thank you.

[eluser]Andrew Cairns[/eluser]
I would put a 301 redirect with .htaccess.
A page request would be required before a redirect would occur that would use the base_url within your config file.
Stick with .htaccess - it is your friend
Also, google penalises duplicate content, so a 301 would make them happy.

[eluser]srisa[/eluser]
Thanks Andrew.