Question

Im wondering if someone could help me out.

Currently to view a users profile in my codeigniter app, the url is as follows:

http://www.website.com/profile/u/username

I would like to change this to read

http://www.website.com/username

Is this possible using routes? if so could someone give me a bit of advice how to do it?

Also, if someone signs up a username that is the same as a controller name, what would happen then?

Cheers,

Answer 1

1. Is this possible using routes?

Yes.

2. If so could someone give me a bit of advice how to do it?

Sure: $route['(:any)'] = "profile/u/$1";

More info: http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html

3. Also, if someone signs up a username that is the same as a controller name, what would happen then?

You should not allow an user to sign up using a username like that. Facebook does this! (www.facebook.com/groups/123457890 = “groups” can’t be used as username)

To avoid that an access to a controller is routed into a profile access, you should add a routing config prior to the one mentioned above, like this:

$route['(admin|groups|signup)'] = "$1";

Here we have a regular expression, easy to understand. You just need to separate your controller names with the vertical bar character.

I hope this helps!