How to manage deeper segmented url in CodeIgniter properly? - php

Question

I would like to know if it's possible out of the box in CodeIgniter2 to create the urls without modifying routes.php for each controller's function like this:
backend.website.com/ecommerce/products/edit/$id
backend.website.com/ecommerce/currencies/form/$id
backend.website.com/ecommerce/customers/partners/etc/$arg1/$arg2
My controllers/ecommerce.php for function products() is something like this:
public function products($page = 0, $items = NULL, $subview = NULL)
{
if($subview != NULL){
// This function is localhost/ecommerce/products/form/$some_id
_remap($subview); // gives me an error
}else{
// Default view with pagination arguments $page and $items
// Page settings
$this->config->set_item('page_name', 'Products');
$this->config->set_item('page_subname', 'Product listing table');
// Request items
$this->data['items'] = $this->ecommerce_model->get_products(array('page' => $page, 'items' => $items));
// Creating a view
$this->data['view'] = $this->load->view('/ecommerce/products/index', $this->data, TRUE);
$this->load->view('/_templates/default/index', $this->data);
}
}
public function _remap($method)
{
if ($method == 'form')
{
$this->$method();
}
else
{
// SKIP
}
}
I found that default _remap() function could be useful, but I do not understand how to use it with my function.
Does anyone have any experience with that and could provide some little sample?
==== UPDATED ====
Is it even possible for _remap() to work with another functions such as orders(), customers(), currencies(), etc... at the same time?

Answer 1

You don't need to complicate things that much for something like this.
Just add another parameter to each of your methods, for example $action:
public function products($action = false, $page = 0, $items = NULL, $subview = NULL) {
switch($action) {
case 'edit':
// edit stuff here
break;
case 'something else':
// other stuff
break;
}
// etc...
}