(12-01-2018, 08:16 PM)purpleprawn Wrote: I am currently trying to make things clean and neat and using the same endpoints for different things such as GET to /login - shows login page but POST to /login starts the login process. Going by the docs you can do this:
PHP Code:
$route['login'] = 'auth/login';
$route['login']['POST'] = 'auth/loginProcess';
BUT this then throws the following error:
Quote:A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Illegal string offset 'POST'
Filename: config/routes.php
Line Number: 57
I tried putting ['GET'] against the first line but didn't seem to make any difference. Any help much appreciated.
I stepped through with a debugger and figured out the source of the error message. OK, these two lines are evaluated as when the file is "included".
PHP Code:
$route['login'] = 'auth/login';
$route['login']['POST'] = 'auth/loginProcess';
The first line sets a value at $route['login'] which is a string.
The second line tries to add an index to an array at $route['login'], but as just discussed, that value is a string.
Bonk!
OK, reverse the lines, eg.
PHP Code:
$route['login']['POST'] = 'auth/loginProcess';
$route['login'] = 'auth/login';
No error because with this because the second line overwrites the array the previous line assigned at $route['login'] meaning $route['login']['POST'] entry is gone.
The next logical thing to try is using a verb for both routes.
PHP Code:
$route['login']['GET'] = 'auth/login';
$route['login']['POST'] = 'auth/loginProcess';
BUT - I had to clear the browser cache to get the smarty-pants browser to do what it was told. I had originally set a test form's action to "auth/login", later to realize I really just wanted "login". But the browser kept going to the old "action" url. Had me going for a minute. Moral of the story - 1) use verbs on all associated routes and 2) clear the cache.
Hope this works for you.
