Upgrade Routing

What has been changed

  • In CI4 the routing is no longer configured by setting the routes as array.

Upgrade Guide

  1. You have to change the syntax of each routing line and append it in app/Config/Routes.php. For example:

    • $route['journals'] = 'blogs'; to $routes->add('journals', 'Blogs::index');. This would map to the index() method in the Blogs controller.
    • $route['product/(:any)'] = 'catalog/product_lookup'; to $routes->add('product/(:any)', 'Catalog::productLookup');
    • $route['login/(.+)'] = 'auth/login/$1'; to $routes->add('login/(.+)', 'Auth::login/$1');

Code Example

CodeIgniter Version 3.11

Path: application/config/routes.php:

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');

$route['posts/index'] = 'posts/index';
$route['teams/create'] = 'teams/create';
$route['teams/update'] = 'teams/update';

$route['posts/create'] = 'posts/create';
$route['posts/update'] = 'posts/update';
$route['drivers/create'] = 'drivers/create';
$route['drivers/update'] = 'drivers/update';
$route['posts/(:any)'] = 'posts/view/$1';

CodeIgniter Version 4.x

Path: app/Config/Routes.php:

<?php

namespace Config;

// Create a new instance of our RouteCollection class.
$routes = Services::routes();

// Load the system's routing file first, so that the app and ENVIRONMENT
// can override as needed.
if (file_exists(SYSTEMPATH . 'Config/Routes.php')) {
    require SYSTEMPATH . 'Config/Routes.php';
}

...

$routes->add('posts/index', 'Posts::index');
$routes->add('teams/create', 'Teams::create');
$routes->add('teams/update', 'Teams::update');

$routes->add('posts/create', 'Posts::create');
$routes->add('posts/update', 'Posts::update');
$routes->add('drivers/create', 'Drivers::create');
$routes->add('drivers/update', 'Drivers::update');
$routes->add('posts/(:any)', 'Posts::view/$1');