CodeIgniter News Tutorial delete - php

Question

I am using CodeIgniter and have completed the news tutorial. I am trying to add a delete and update button within the news section. I have seen your post on stackoverflow about the delete button on this tutorial but i still cant get it working.
Here is my coding that i have used from your post
news_model.php
<?php
class News_model extends CI_Model {
public function __construct()
{
$this->load->database();
}
public function get_news($slug = FALSE)
{
if ($slug === FALSE)
{
$query = $this->db->get('news');
return $query->result_array();
}
$query = $this->db->get_where('news', array('slug' => $slug));
return $query->row_array();
}
public function set_news()
{
$this->load->helper('url');
$slug = url_title($this->input->post('title'), 'dash', TRUE);
$data = array(
'title' => $this->input->post('title'),
'slug' => $slug,
'text' => $this->input->post('text')
);
return $this->db->insert('news', $data);
}
public function delete_news($id) {
$this->db->delete('news', array('id' => $id));
}
}
CONTROLLER - news.php
<?php
class News extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->model('news_model');
}
public function index()
{
$data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news();
$data['title'] = 'News archive';
$this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
$this->load->view('news/index', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function view($slug)
{
$data['news'] = $this->news_model->get_news($slug);
if (empty($data['news_item']))
{
show_404();
}
$data['title'] = $data['news_item']['title'];
$this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
$this->load->view('news/view', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
public function create()
{
$this->load->helper('form');
$this->load->library('form_validation');
$data['title'] = 'Create a news item';
$this->form_validation->set_rules('title', 'Title', 'required');
$this->form_validation->set_rules('text', 'text', 'required');
if ($this->form_validation->run() === FALSE)
{
$this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
$this->load->view('news/create');
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
else
{
$this->news_model->set_news();
$this->load->view('news/success');
}
}
public function delete($id) {
$this->news_model->delete_news($id);
$this->load->helper('url');
redirect('/www.shelim786.co.uk/CodeIgniter/news');
}
}
VIEWS - index.php
<?php foreach ($news as $news_item): ?>
<h2><?php echo $news_item['title'] ?></h2>
<div id="main">
<?php echo $news_item['text'] ?>
</div>
<p>View article</p>
<p>delete article</p>
<?php endforeach ?>
and ROUTING
$route['news/create'] = 'news/create';
$route['news/(:any)'] = 'news/view/$1';
$route['news'] = 'news';
$route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1';
$route['default_controller'] = 'pages/view';
$route['news/delete/(:any)'] = 'news/delete/$1';
The problem i am having is that the news article in www.shelim786.co.uk/CodeIgniter/index.php/news
doesnt delete when i click the delete button.
i would really appreciate if you could help me.
Thanks,
Shelim

Answer 1

You don't have slash after the word 'delete' in the link. Your link gets displayed something like http://www.shelim786.co.uk/CodeIgniter/index.php/news/delete 6. Notice the space after 'delete'?
In your view, change the 'delete article' link line to this.
<p>delete article</p>
Notice the slash after 'delete'?

Answer 2

you should redirect your delete link delete_news function
not delete function as the delete query is written there