Codeigniter routes don't work correctly

Question

I have two string in routing config.

$route['education/course/(:any)'] = "education/course/$1";

$route['education/course/(:any)/(:num)'] = "education/lection/$1/$2";

But when I went to /education/course/my_course/1, the first rule worked, but the second didn't.

Please help! I'm newbie in CI.

Answer 1

Routes run in the order they are defined. Your second one will never be applied because the (:any) wildcard is capturing, well, anything.

I believe you should be able to switch the order so the most specific is first, followed by the least specific:

$route['education/course/(:any)/(:num)'] = "education/lection/$1/$2";
$route['education/course/(:any)'] = "education/course/$1";