Codeigniter routing issues - php

Question

I am customizing my routes in codeigniter, here is a sample of my routes.php:
$route['default_controller'] = 'maincontroller/main';
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['test'] = 'maincontroller/test';
here is the maincontroller class:
class Maincontroller extends CI_Controller
{
public function __construct( )
{
parent::__construct( );
$this->load->library('session');
$this->init( );
}
public function main( )
{
echo "in main";
}
public function test( )
{
echo "test";
}
}
but when i access this url in my browser: /test, i get the server's 404 page not found error.
I have no idea what im doing wrong, i followed the routes guide in codeigniter user guide.

Answer 1

Instead of going to /test , try going to /index.php/test
By default CodeIgniter runs everything through index.php.
You can change this behaviour by adding a .htaccess file to the site root folder.
This is taken straight from the CodeIgniter user guide.
https://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/urls.html
The htaccess file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
If you do this you also need to change your config/config.php file
find
$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
change it to
$config['index_page'] = '';
When you want to create links in a page (view) you can use the built in site_url() function, you may need to load the url helper for this.
for example
<?php echo site_url('test'); ?>
This will take into account the $config['index_page'] setting and create the right url for your link.

Answer 2

if you are trying to run your site from localhost use the below code..
adding a .htaccess file to the site root folder (e.g: mysite).
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /root folder/index.php/$1 [L]
for the site hosted on the remote hosting server, use this code
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]