How can I redirect a 404 Error in a custom 404 page using Codeigniter?

Question

Kind sirs, I\'m using Codeigniter to build a blog. I might need a way to redirect a 404 error into a custom 404 page. Just like what Abduzeedo.com\'s 404 page. Is it possibl

Answer 1

Custom 404 page is create by using the following 3 steps,

Step 1: First open routes.php in application/config and set a custom controller name,

$route['404_override'] = 'my404'; //my404 is class name. 

Step 2: Create a new controller and write the following code in it. The code is very easy to understand. So I am not going to explain it here,

    output->set_status_header('404'); 
        $data['content'] = 'error_404'; // View name 
        $this->load->view('index',$data);//loading in my template 
    } 
    } 
    ?>

Step 3: Create a view file with name 'error_404.php' with your custom message.