Can i use Model or Helper function in routes.php [codeigniter] - codeigniter

Question

I wants to set database values to the URL.
Actually i have ID of product so that i wants to show its Name by fetching from database.
Currently i am passing integer ID through URL so that i wants a name of that ID related Product.
My current URL is like : http://example.com/controller/method/1
I wants URL like : http://example.com/controller/method/product-name

Answer 1

i guess u are using id as parameter in controller method.
class example extends CI_Controller {
public function method ( $product_name )
{ echo $product_name; }
}
this will give u product_name as last field in controller as like controller/method/product_name..

Answer 2

You can get the last bit in the url as an argument to the method of your controller class.
class myClass extends CI_Controller {
public function myMethod ( $product )
{ echo $product; }
}
This will result in url : http://example.com/myClass/myMethod/anything_goes_here
And in your controller method myMethod the argument $product will be the last part of the above url anything_goes_here
For this example, the echo in the myMethod will produce result anything_goes_here
This doesn't need rerouting.
If you are getting the products based on names then this solution will do, but I don't think this will be good in real life situation. For example what if you have more then one product with the same name ?
If you still want to use product name, then I think the following approach is better. Where you will use get request uri.
class myClass extends CI_Controller {
public function myMethod ( $product )
{ echo $this->input->get ( 'id' ); echo $product; }
}
And use the url like this : http://example.com/myClass/myMethod/anything_goes_here?id=123
In the above url, the ?id=123 is the get uri. This way you can have both the product name and the id of the product in the url.
Hope it helps.