Codeigniter route URL contact page - php

Question

I'm new in Codeigniter I'm not sure how to use Codeigniter Routing. I've created the Contact.php in the controller folder and contact.php in the views folder.
In routes.php I have put $route['Contact'] = 'controller/contact'; but when I enter the url http://mytest.dev/contact/ it shows 404 Page Not Found. The page you requested was not found.
I want when I enter "http://mytest.dev/contact" it will show the contact page
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Controller
<?php defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Contact extends CI_Controller {
function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
}
function index() {
$this->load->view('contact')
}
}
In CI there is an index.php in the URL ( by default ). So, you can access your page with this url http://mytest.dev/index.php/contact
For removing it from URL and have it like you want you need to add .htaccess file in your project directory
Check this answer for it
Also, you don't need to change your routes.php every time after creating a new page. Leave it like this
$route['default_controller'] = 'welcome'; // or contact
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['translate_uri_dashes'] = FALSE;

Answer 2

I see you are using $route['Contact'] = 'controller/contact';
Tell us your controller's class name and which function/method did you use from the above you are referencing to contact() and that controller name doesn't make sense. You route will normally be in lowercase too.
If you named your class Contact (which seems like it) then you need to put a .htaccess file in the folder where your index.php or base_url resides (or root directory) and then remove the value in application/config.php as $config['index_page'] = ''; so that you can access it from http://mytest.dev/contact
To make it clearer. The format should be $route['AAA'] = 'BBB/CCC';
AAA is the url path of your choice
BBB is the name of your controller's class
CCC is the function/method of the page you want to show
If you didn't add the htaccess, you must put /index.php/ before your preferred path.