With that URL, CodeIgniter can't understand if you want to pass 123
to the index
method or if you're requesting the 123
method with no parameters. You have to explicitly name the default method if you need to pass it some parameters.
http://mysite/index/123
In CI 3.x the (:any) parameter matches only a single URI segment. So for example:
$route['method/(:any)/(:any)'] = 'controller/method/$1/$2';
will match exactly two segments and pass them appropriately. If you want to match 1 or 2 you can do this (in order):
$route['method/(:any)/(:any)'] = 'controller/method/$1/$2';
$route['method/(:any)'] = 'controller/method/$1';
You can pass multiple segments with the (.+) parameter like this:
$route['method/(.+)'] = 'controller/method/$1';
In that case the $1 will contain everything past method/. In general I think its discouraged to use this since you should know what is being passed and handle it appropriately but there are times (.+) comes in handy. For example if you don't know how many parameters are being passed this will allow you to capture all of them. Also remember, you can set default parameters in your methods like this:
public function method($param=''){}
So that if nothing is passed, you still have a valid value.
You can also pass to your index method like this:
$route['method/(:any)/(:any)'] = 'controller/method/index/$1/$2';
$route['method/(:any)'] = 'controller/method/index/$1';
Obviously these are just examples. You can also include folders and more complex routing but that should get you started.
Best Answer
The URL needs to be
http://mysite/Main/index/123
.CodeIgniter URLs are
http://<url>/<Controller>/<Method>/<params>
.