Pass variable to default codeigniter controller

Question

I have my codeigniter setup with a default controller. It's accessible as follows:

site.com/index.php

But it's actually:

site.com/project/index

Where index is the default function.

I would like to do the following:

site.com/project7362

But it actually wants:

site.com/project/index/project7362

Where project name is a variable that is pass into the index function. But by default it looks for project-name as a controller. Is there a way to avoid this?

Essentially what I'm hoping to accomplish is to pass a variable directly after the domain name. A user may create a project, and I want that project to be accessible at domain.com/project_id

Hello Adam, what is name of your controller that you are trying to use? Please also edit project and project-name more clearly so it is understandable what you want to achieve. — Kyslik
– Kyslik, Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 17:39
The name of my controller is "project". Do my edits make more sense? — Adam
– Adam, Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 19:44

cartalot · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-09 23:06:59Z

"Essentially what I'm hoping to accomplish is to pass a variable directly after the domain name. A user may create a project, and I want that project to be accessible at domain.com/project_id"

so another way to do this would be to have it like.

domain.com/project/id

this will give you much more flexibility later in your routes for adding different features.
in config/routes:

$route['project/(:any)'] = 'project/view/$1';

in your project controller

    function view($id) {

    // clean it
    $id = htmlspecialchars($id) ;

   if ( ! $project = $this->members->returnProjectBy($id) {

       $this->showNoResultsFor($id) ; } 

   else { $this->show($project) ;  } 

   }

OR -- another way to do this would be to put your defined routes first, and then have project be last (because it requires searching on whatever is there)

$route['home'] = 'page/home'; 
$route['contact'] = 'contact'; 
// etc etc so you first define your hard coded routes, and then if its not any of those
// you do a search on whatever the value is to find a project 
$route['(:any)'] = 'project/view/$1';

so then your link could be

domain.com/id

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