Codeigniter - domain.de/this-is-a-test - php

Question

How can i "split" a releated url with a - ?
So i`ve a URL like "domain.de/thisismytest"
But i want to have "domain.de/this-is-my-test" ?
Currently i`ve this in my routes.php
$route['this-is-a-test'] = "site/thisisatest";
In my really simple Controller i`ve this Code
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Site extends CI_Controller {
public function index() {
$this->home();
}
public function home() {
$this->load->view("site_header");
$this->load->view("site_nav");
$this->load->view("content_home");
$this->load->view("site_footer");
}
public function thisisatest() {
$this->load->view("site_header");
$this->load->view("site_nav");
$this->load->view("content_thisisatest");
$this->load->view("site_footer");
}
public function about() {
$this->load->view("site_header");
$this->load->view("site_nav");
$this->load->view("content_about");
$this->load->view("site_footer");
}
}

Answer 1

Your configuration seems to be correct. This routing config line:
$route['this-is-a-test'] = "site/thisisatest";
remaps to the Site class and the thisisatest method.
Are you sure that you do not have this routing in config:
$route['thisisatest'] = "site/thisisatest";
? In that case both would point to the same method.
Anyways I think that the problem is that you're referencing the thisisatest URLs somewhere in your views. Check if your not calling site_url('thisisatest') or base_url('thisisatest') or simply domain.de/thisisatest somewhere in the views and replace it with site_url('this-is-a-test').

Answer 2

In your index function you could grab the url segment and processes the string:
$segment = $this->uri->segment(1); // the url segment you need
$segments = explode( '-', $segment );
$yourFunction = implode ( $segments );
check if the function exists
if(method_exists($this,$yourFunction))
$this->$yourFunction();
and in your routes file point to your index:
$route['yourController/(:any)'] = 'yourController/index';