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Asked: 2026-05-20T15:37:10+00:00

Let’s pretend I’m trying to learn CI, and as my test project I am

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Let’s pretend I’m trying to learn CI, and as my test project I am building a group-buying site.

What I’d like is to have a different page for each city, e.g.:

http://www.groupon.com/las-vegas/
http://www.groupon.com/orlando/

I’d also like to have different pages such as:

http://www.groupon.com/learn
http://www.groupon.com/contact-us

If I am building this in CI and following the MVC ideology, how would this work? I’m having difficulty seeing how to accomplish the desired URL’s with the concept of:

http://www.domain.com/controller/view/segment_a/segment_b/etc...
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  1. Editorial Team

    What I would do is create a custom 404 controller that acts as a catch-all for non-existent routes.

    It would take the URI, possibly validate it, and re-route it to the (e.g.) “city” controller.

    If the city controller can’t find the city (whatever string was specified), then it needs to issue a proper 404. Otherwise, you’re good to display your information for that city.

    Also, once you create your custom 404 controller, you can send all 404 errors to it by specifying a route named ‘404_override’.

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