CodeIgniter: how to change URL name in a multilingual website

Question

I have a question regarding the URLs of a website developed with CodeIgniter which offers content in two different languages: en and de

I would like to create SEO friendly URLs for both languages.

My question:

How can I change following URL

www.mysite.com/en/landscape

in

www.mysiste.com/de/landschaft

for German?

Answer 1

Use the codeigniter language library with this class extension: URI Language Identifier . I also use this controller for switching the language

class LangSwitch extends CI_Controller {

public function __construct() {
    parent::__construct();      
}
public function switchLanguage($language = "") {

    $this->load->library('user_agent');
    $referrer = $this->agent->referrer();

    $l = substr($referrer, strlen(base_url()));

    if(isset($referrer)){
        preg_match('/\/(.+)$/i',$l,$match);
        $redirect_url;
        if (empty($match)) {
            redirect(base_url().$language ,'refresh');
        }
        else{
            $redirect_url = base_url().$language.$match[1];
        }
        redirect($redirect,'refresh');
    }else{
        redirect(base_url(),'refresh');
    }
  }
}

Hope it helps.