Question

I am building a URL shortener web site.

Here is my config/routes.php file:

$route['default_controller'] = "main";
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['(\w{2})/(.*)']        = '$2';
$route['(\w{2})']             = $route['default_controller'];

$route['join']                = 'main/join';
$route['activate/(:any)']     = "main/activate/$1";
$route['login']               = 'main/login';
$route['logout']              = 'main/logout';
$route['main/login']          = 'main/login';
$route['main/join']           = 'main/join';
$route['url/short']           = 'url/short';
$route['user']                = 'user/index';
$route['user/index']          = 'user/index';
$route['user/index/(:num)']   = 'user/index/$1';
$route['profile']             = 'user/profile'; 
$route['user/delete/(:any)']  = "user/delete/$1";

$route['(:any)']              = "url/go/$1";

Well, as you see, I implemented language as mentioned on CI Wiki here.

But now the last line of route is not functioning normally.

$route['(:any)']              = "url/go/$1";

For example, myshortner.com/as34v should match with above route and redirect to full URL, but instead it redirects to 0.0.0.1 ! How can I fix this?

Answer 1

First you shoulf have a URL controller with a “go” function that takes a parameter held in $1. Make sure that exists.