How to create custom 404page

Question

I want to create custom 404 page for my site.I mean when i type url as

http://example.com/anydummytext

need to redirect to custom 404page

How to create custom page for this

Answer 1

The simple way is create a controller you can name the error controller to any what you want.

Example

<?php

class Not_found extends CI_Controller {

   public function index() {
       // some content

       $this->load->view('not_found');
   }

}

Then on another controller you can redirect it

redirect('not_found');

Example Only

<?php

 class Home extends CI_Controller {

   public function index() {

       $result = $this->some_model->get();

       if ($result) {
          // content

          $this->load->view('home');

       } else {
          redirect('not_found');
       }

   }
 }

The other option is in config/routes.php you can use codeigniter

$route['404_override'] = 'not_found'; // Note will not work in a subfolder

Answer 2

You can create a new controller or use existing controller to write down a function for loading the VIEW for 404 .

class Nopage extends CI_Controller
{
    /* Index function
     *
     * return void
     */
    public function index()
    {
            $this->load->view('nopage_404');
        }
    }
}

Call the controller function in config->routes as below.

$route['404_override'] = 'nopage';