Codeigniter routing segments/params

Question

$route['segment1/(:any)/(:any)'] = "myController/$1/$2";

in this case, I will have to link segment1/someMethod/someParam, but what if I don't have params in the url, i will need to write this:

$route['segment1/(:any)'] = "myController/$1";
$route['segment1/(:any)/(:any)'] = "myController/$1/$2";

thus the both cases will now work, so the question is: Can I write those 2 lines of code in one shot?

Answer 1

this:

$route['segment1/(:any)'] = "myController/$1";
$route['segment1/(:any)/(:any)'] = "myController/$1/$2";

is duplicating,they do the same thing, use just one of them, i suggest

$route['segment1/(:any)'] = "myController/$1";

hope to be clear, when using this "myController/$1" you are saying everything following myController/ should be routed, and it works also if no $1 params exists.

Definitely use just one of them and don't scare about not having params, it works like a charm ;)