Codeigniter HMVC and CMS

Question

I am using Codeigniter with the HMVC Modular extension and have a backend CMS area for managing website content. I am routing the base URL + "admin" (http://localhost/cms/admin) to controller methods with the prefix "admin_".

e.g. function admin_index() {...}

And here is my routing:

$route['admin/([a-zA-Z]+)/(:any)'] = "$1/admin_$2";
$route['^admin/(:any)(/)?'] = "$1/admin_index";
$route['^admin(/)?'] = "dashboard/admin_index";
$route['admin/logout'] = "login/admin_logout";

With the HMVC it is not routing correctly now. Here is what happens:

URL: http://localhost/cms/admin/faqs
Directory: modules/faqs/controllers/faqs - index method
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here is where it breaks
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URL: http://localhost/cms/admin/faqs/categories
Directory: modules/faqs/controllers/faqs - categories method (does not exits)
Desired: modules/faqs/controllers/categories - index method

How can I use HMVC while maintaining the "admin" are of the website?

Answer 1

You are making life a bit too tricky by putting frontend and backend functions in the same controllers. Have a look at my article on how to create an admin structure in CodeIgniter.