Codeigniter specific URL rewriting

Question

In one of my CI application I got a controller called movies in which I am showing details of a movie, its URL looks like

http://localhost/movies/index/12/Movie-Name

here 12 is the movie id which is used for fetching values from db and movie name, which is using for SEO URL.

I would likes to rewrite this URL to

http://localhost/12-Movie-Name

I already removed index.php from my application using http://codeigniter.com/wiki/mod_rewrite

Please help Thanks in advance

Do you want the user to access /movies/index/12/Movie-Name or /12-Movie-Name? — Jeremy Rodi
– Jeremy Rodi, Commented Jun 11, 2012 at 4:35
user access /12-Movie-Name and show the details of movie with primary key 12.. thanks for the reply .. :) — ramesh
– ramesh, Commented Jun 11, 2012 at 4:36

Jeremy Rodi · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-11 04:41:39Z

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Maybe try

RewriteRule    ^/([0-9]+)\-([^/]+?)/?$  /movies/index/$1/$2

Although it may cause problems with other parts of your Codeigniter application.

answered Jun 11, 2012 at 4:41

Jeremy Rodi

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any solution to avoid problems in other parts ?

I'm not sure, it depends on how you route your application. You should probably check it out, though, just in case.

rslhdyt · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-21 03:15:09Z

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or you can add this to Codeigniter router

$router['/(:any)'] = 'movies/index/12/$1';

but your movies id need to set as string with title.

answered May 21, 2013 at 3:15

rslhdyt

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