Question

i’m new to codeigniter, i have a problem
Is it possible to have same Url pattern to access 2 different methods on Controller?
the difference is the method to access those methods is either GET or POST just like Spring MVC handles it

@RequestMapping(value = "/persons/add", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String getAdd(Model model)

@RequestMapping(value = "/persons/add", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String add(@ModelAttribute("personAttribute") Person person)

what i want is, when i access the url like this http://www.bla.com/controller/AddFunction (this is GET) the method that will be triggered is “add1” method which is will load view form and then i have form that has an “action” to controller/AddFunction, at this time because it is POST it will trigger “add2” method

thanks beforehand

Answer 1

You are not required to pass the name of the REST method in the function call. The controller itself can handle input from a GET, POST, or both.

Example:

class Persons extends Controller{
  function add(){
    //$p will contain post data.
    $p = $this->input->post();
    //$g will contain get data.
    $g = $this->input->get();
    //$b will contain get or post data, depending on which is submitted.
    $b = $this->input->get_post();
  }
}

For further explanation see CodeIgniter’s Documentation on The Input Class