Started my first CI project and am just wondering how I handle URL parameters? I have a controller named 'city', and I've modified my mod_rewrite so localhost/codeigniter uses rewrite to localhost/codeigniter/city. What I want to do is add a city name onto the end of the URL and use get segment to query a table.
So my example would be localhost/codeigniter/edinburgh. I would grab the last segment and then create the sql query. However I think when I put edinburgh into the URL CI thinks I'm looking for a controller called 'edinburgh'.
Do I have to add routing in or something similar?
You can indeed use routing to do this.
$route[':any'] = "controller/method";
This will redirect EVERYTHING after your base url to the specified controller and method inside that controller. To get the url segments you can use the URI helper.
$this->load->helper('url'); // load the helper first
$city = $this->uri->segment(1);
When accessing http://localhost/codeigniter/edinburgh the $city variable in above example would be edinburgh.
Hope that helps!
PS. You don't need mod_rewrite to specify a default controller. You can set it in your config.php under Routes. Specify city as your default controller and you can get rid of the mod_rewrite.
Yes you can use a route:
$route[':any/'] = "myclass/by_city_method";
But why don't you use a module called (for instance) city to get the classical uri scheme?
class city extends Controller {
public void index($city=false) {
if ($city) { } else { }
}
}
Edit: you can even choose city to be the default controller, in the global config file.
Another method:
route.php:
$route['city/(:any)'] = "city/city_lookup/$1";
city.php
<?php
class City extends Controller {
function City()
{
parent::Controller();
}
function city_lookup($id)
{
echo "$id";
}
}
$path = "/codeignter/city/viewcity/Edinburg";
This will cause that City controller is called, method viewcity is executed with parameter that has value 'Edinburg' is passed!
Here is code for your controller...
class city extends Controller {
public viewcity($city='') {
echo ($city === '') ? "The city you want to view is {$city}!" : "not defined!";
}
}
Amen :)