Question

I am using Codeigniter (for the first time). I want to have the URL of a page “web-design”, so it could be accessed like /web-design . I know it’s impossible to make a class name with “-“, so I have tried to make it possible using .htaccess, like this:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^web-design$ index.php/webdesign [L]

RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt|assets)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 

but it’s not working. It’s giving me 404 error.
How can I make it work? Thanks!

Answer 1

You should use routing in CI instead! That’s why they made it.

This is actually pretty simple.

In application/config/routes.php add the following to the $route array:

$route['web-design'] = "webdesign";
$route['web-design/(:any)'] = "webdesign/$1";

Then you can create a controller called Webdesign; problem solved – the right way.
No need to extend anything or create other rewrite rules.