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Asked: May 14, 20262026-05-14T23:56:14+00:00 2026-05-14T23:56:14+00:00

Wildcards are cool. I am trying to do this: $route[(:any)/controller] = controller; basically, I

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Wildcards are cool.

I am trying to do this:

$route["(:any)/controller"] = "controller";

basically, I want to put the wildcard in the front. It doesn’t quite work, and I don’t know any work around.

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    2026-05-14T23:56:14+00:00Added an answer on May 14, 2026 at 11:56 pm

    using regular expressions did the trick.. thank you for pointing out (:any) is greedy!

    $route['([a-z_A-Z]+)/controller'] = 'controller';
    
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