Question

For my current project in codeignitor I needed to make user profile like this

http://domain.com/userid

Then I tried to add this in router.php

$route['(:any)'] = 'profile/user/$1';

Which is working fine. Now I want to make another URL for language like this

http://domain.com/es
http://domain.com/fr

As for both url uri segments are first, when I type

 http://domain.com/es

I see the page of

 http://domain.com/userid

I am using .htaccess file for removing index.php in codeignitor. Is there any help how can I achive this task in making shot url for multiple controller. Either with .htaccess or router.php?

Answer 1

Because the routes system works from the top down, if you have multiple rules that can match a url, it picks the first one. So you could do:

$route['(es|fr|en)'] = 'language/$1';
$route['(:any)'] = 'profile/user/$1';

If the first rule matches, it runs, otherwise it tests the profile rule.
You will definitely continue running into issues though with that profile rule, and it would be easier if you did something like:

$route['users/(:any)'] = 'profile/user/$1';

That way it would be more clear what the url is doing, and it will help you for when you are writing rules in the future.