(:any) routing blocks 404_override routing - codeigniter

I have these routes :
$route['default_controller'] = 'Pages/view/$1';
$route['product/(:any)'] = 'pages/product/$1';
$route['category/(:any)'] = 'pages/category/$1';
$route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1';
but when I want to add $route['404_override'] = 'My404' my any routing stops working and I'm not able to get to my homepage like base_url('home')...

you need to define the route for home controller. Problem is that you have defined $route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1'; which will override all undefined routes. So either you need to change the $route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1'; to something else or need to define the route for home like: $route['home'] = 'home_controller';

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Make user-friendly URL in Codeigniter with multi-language support

I have created a multi-language website.
Facing issue while creating SEO user-friendly URL.
current URL:
http://localhost/example/en/user/myaccount OR
http://localhost/example/fr/user/myaccount
want to change it with
http://localhost/example/en/myaccount OR
http://localhost/example/fr/user/myaccount
routes.php
$route['default_controller'] = 'welcome';
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['translate_uri_dashes'] = FALSE;
// URI like '/en/about' -> use controller 'about'
$route['^(en|de|fr|nl|id|es)/(.+)$'] = "$2";
// '/en', '/de', '/fr','/es' and '/nl' URIs -> use default controller
$route['^(en|de|fr|nl|id|es)$'] = $route['default_controller'];
also tried with
$route["myaccount"] = "user/myaccount";
$route["^(en|de|fr|nl|id|es)$/myaccount"] = "user/myaccount";
Nothing will work in this case. Already used following in routes.php file other demo projects with out multi-language. There it's work perfectly.
$route["myaccount"] = "user/myaccount";
Thanks in advance
you can consult the documentation for routes here
https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html
and for your problem
$route["(:any)/myaccount"] = "user/myaccount/$1";

Load controller without $route

exmple: this load default controller/class with function page,
www.example.com/page
unless we have controller/class named page AND set $route['page'] = 'page'; it'll load the controller. But if we dont set the $route, it'll still load default_controller.
is that true a controller must have a $route[''] always? is not it possible to load controller page without set $route[''] even there is no default controller function with same name?
Edit:
I access
www.mysite.com/index.php/user
I do have user controller with index function, but my route file only contain:
$route['default_controller'] = 'page';
$route['(:any)'] = 'page/$1';
$route['product'] = 'product';
//$route['user'] = 'user';
$route['404_override'] = '';
returns 404, only works if I uncomment this: $route['user'] = 'user';
why?
Thanks.
No, that's not true. CodeIgniter, by default, directly maps URI segments to:
example.com/index.php/controller/method/param/param/...
Or if you have an .htaccess / similar solution to remove index.php:
example.com/controller/method/param/param/...
Routing is used when you wish to use a URL that does not directly map to this convention.
Edit: You have conflicting routes. CodeIgniter will look at each route in order from top to bottom, and if it find one that matches, it stops looking and processes that route. Because you have an (:any) catch-all route, it will match anything (like it says).
The rule of thumb is to place your most specific routes first, and then get more generic and catch-all later. Your (:any) route should be the very last one in your list. And the default controller and 404 overrides should stay first.
$route['default_controller'] = 'page';
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['product'] = 'product';
$route['user'] = 'user';
$route['(:any)'] = 'page/$1';
You need to add the product and user routes because you've defined the (:any) route. If you want to avoid writing route rules for every one of your existing controllers, but still take advantage of a catch-all controller, consider using the 404_override controller/method instead. You can do your verifications to check if the URI is valid there. Just make sure to throw a 404 error if not (you can use show_404()), since any non-existant URL will be routed to there.

CodeIgniter router doesn't work on a specific server

I am developing a single page web site so all routes should lead to the default router. This is how I've achieved that through the routes.php file:
$route['default_controller'] = "home";
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['admin'] = 'admin/home';
$route['^/'] = "home";
$route['(.*)'] = $route['default_controller'];
Thats working as expected on a test server and on the local host, but on the actuall server, when I try to find any of the pages I am getting the 404 error. Any ideas what could be wrong?
$route['default_controller'] = "home";
$route['404_override'] = "home/index";
$route['.*'] = "home/index/$1"

CodeIgniter: Understanding routes

I have the this route defined in routes.php
$route['user'] = "user_controller";. The user controller has a method logout() but when I try this URI user/logout I get a 404. In the same way when I use this URI user/index I get a 404.
routes.php
// custom routes
$route['start'] = "start_controller";
$route['register'] = "register_controller";
$route['user'] = "user_controller";
// other routes
$route['default_controller'] = "start_controller";
$route['404_override'] = '';
According to CI
Note: Routes will run in the order they are defined. Higher routes
will always take precedence over lower ones.
$route['default_controller'] and $route['404_override'] must always be on top above others
$route['user/logout'] = "user_controller/logout";
$route['user/index'] = "user_controller";
Example i will type a user/logout then it will proceed to user_controller/logout you have to define the URL you would like to redirect
Yep, you have to specify a route for each particular method.
Here's an example from my routes.php :
/* User Authentication Controller */
$route['login'] = "auth/login";
$route['logout'] = "auth/logout";
$route['register'] = "auth/register";
$route['forgot'] = "auth/forgot";

CodeIgniter - When using $route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1' how to use other controllers?

When using
$route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1';
and I want to use other controllers in my routing for example:
$route['del/(:any)'] = 'crud/del';
it won't work. I guess it will use
pages/view/del/$1
and not my crud-controller when deleting an item. How can I solve this?
As indicated, $route['(:any)'] will match any URL, so place your other custom routes before the "catch-all" route:
$route['del/(:any)'] = 'crud/del';
// Other routes as needed...
$route['(:any)'] = 'pages/view/$1';
Its hundred percent working
$route['(:any)'] url is placed last in your routes file
$route['(:any)/company_product_deal_detail'] = "mypage_product_picture/deal_detail/$1";
$route['(:any)/company_service_deals/(:any)'] = "mypage_service_deal_list/index/$1";
$route['(:any)/company_service_deals'] = "mypage_service_deal_list/index/$1";
$route['(:any)'] = "company/index/$1";
I know that it's an old question, but I have found myself a nice solution.
By default, CodeIgniter gives priority to URL's from routes config (even if straight controller, method etc. specified), so I have reversed this priority this way:
In system/core/Router.php find _parse_routes method.
Add this code under literal route match:
$cont_segments = $this->_validate_request($this->uri->segments);
if ($cont_segments == $this->uri->segments) {
return $this->_set_request($cont_segments);
}
I agree, that this approach is kinda wrong, because we edit file from system/core, but I needed a fast soluttion to work with a lot of URL's.

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