added a note about regex and custom routes

2 files changed, 50 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/system/application/config/routes.php b/system/application/config/routes.php
index 1702e4f4b..8a09dec39 100644
--- a/system/application/config/routes.php
+++ b/system/application/config/routes.php
@@ -1,49 +1,50 @@
-<?php  if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
-/*
-| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| URI ROUTING
-| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| This file lets you re-map URI requests to specific controller functions.
-|
-| Typically there is a one-to-one relationship between a URL string
-| and its corresponding controller class/method. The segments in a
-| URL normally follow this pattern:
-|
-| 	www.your-site.com/class/method/id/
-|
-| In some instances, however, you may want to remap this relationship
-| so that a different class/function is called than the one
-| corresponding to the URL.
-|
-| Please see the user guide for complete details:
-|
-|	http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html
-|
-| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-| RESERVED ROUTES
-| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|
-| There are two reserved routes:
-|
-|	$route['default_controller'] = 'welcome';
-|
-| This route indicates which controller class should be loaded if the
-| URI contains no data. In the above example, the "welcome" class
-| would be loaded.
-|
-|	$route['scaffolding_trigger'] = 'scaffolding';
-|
-| This route lets you se t a "secret" word that will trigger the
-| scaffolding feature for added security. Note: Scaffolding must be
-| enabled in the controller in which you intend to use it.
-|
-*/
-
-$route['default_controller'] = "welcome";
-$route['scaffolding_trigger'] = "";
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-
-
-
-
+<?php  if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

+/*

+| -------------------------------------------------------------------------

+| URI ROUTING

+| -------------------------------------------------------------------------

+| This file lets you re-map URI requests to specific controller functions.

+|

+| Typically there is a one-to-one relationship between a URL string

+| and its corresponding controller class/method. The segments in a

+| URL normally follow this pattern:

+|

+| 	www.your-site.com/class/method/id/

+|

+| In some instances, however, you may want to remap this relationship

+| so that a different class/function is called than the one

+| corresponding to the URL.

+|

+| Please see the user guide for complete details:

+|

+|	http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html

+|

+| -------------------------------------------------------------------------

+| RESERVED ROUTES

+| -------------------------------------------------------------------------

+|

+| There are two reserved routes:

+|

+|	$route['default_controller'] = 'welcome';

+|

+| This route indicates which controller class should be loaded if the

+| URI contains no data. In the above example, the "welcome" class

+| would be loaded.

+|

+|	$route['scaffolding_trigger'] = 'scaffolding';

+|

+| This route lets you set a "secret" word that will trigger the

+| scaffolding feature for added security. Note: Scaffolding must be

+| enabled in the controller in which you intend to use it.   The reserved 

+| routes must come before any wildcard or regular expression routes.

+|

+*/

+

+$route['default_controller'] = "welcome";

+$route['scaffolding_trigger'] = "";

+

+

+

+

+

 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/user_guide/general/routing.html b/user_guide/general/routing.html
index 6f94b4bf3..fe4efa3a9 100644
--- a/user_guide/general/routing.html
+++ b/user_guide/general/routing.html
@@ -159,13 +159,7 @@ are encouraged to always have a default route otherwise a 404 page will appear b
 <p>This route lets you set a secret word, which when present in the URL, triggers the scaffolding feature.

 Please read the <a href="scaffolding.html">Scaffolding</a> page for details.</p>

 

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+<p class="important"><strong>Important:</strong>&nbsp; The reserved routes must come before any wildcard or regular expression routes.</p>

 

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