index.php route common home,Remove index.php?route=common/home from OpenCart

So, I'm using 1.5.5.1 and no one answer on this question solved my problem.

However, combining the answers from @Jay Gilford, @TheBlackBenzKid and @rkaartikeyen I came up with a fully working solution.

Remember to enable seo urls as shown by @TheBlackBenzKid.

An explanation can be found below the code.

[php]

class ControllerCommonSeoUrl extends Controller {

public function index() {

// Add rewrite to url class

if ($this->config->get('config_seo_url')) {

$this->url->addRewrite($this);

}

// Decode URL

if (isset($this->request->get['_route_'])) {

$parts = explode('/', $this->request->get['_route_']);

foreach ($parts as $part) {

$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "url_alias WHERE keyword = '" . $this->db->escape($part) . "'");

if ($query->num_rows) {

$url = explode('=', $query->row['query']);

if ($url[0] == 'product_id') {

$this->request->get['product_id'] = $url[1];

}

if ($url[0] == 'category_id') {

if (!isset($this->request->get['path'])) {

$this->request->get['path'] = $url[1];

} else {

$this->request->get['path'] .= '_' . $url[1];

}

}

if ($url[0] == 'manufacturer_id') {

$this->request->get['manufacturer_id'] = $url[1];

}

if ($url[0] == 'information_id') {

$this->request->get['information_id'] = $url[1];

}

} else {

$this->request->get['route'] = 'error/not_found';

}

}

if (isset($this->request->get['product_id'])) {

$this->request->get['route'] = 'product/product';

} elseif (isset($this->request->get['path'])) {

$this->request->get['route'] = 'product/category';

} elseif (isset($this->request->get['manufacturer_id'])) {

$this->request->get['route'] = 'product/manufacturer/info';

} elseif (isset($this->request->get['information_id'])) {

$this->request->get['route'] = 'information/information';

}else {

$this->request->get['route'] = $this->request->get['_route_'];

}

if (isset($this->request->get['route'])) {

return $this->forward($this->request->get['route']);

}

}

}

public function rewrite($link) {

$url_info = parse_url(str_replace('&', '&', $link));

$url = '';

$data = array();

parse_str($url_info['query'], $data);

foreach ($data as $key => $value) {

if (isset($data['route'])) {

if (($data['route'] == 'product/product' && $key == 'product_id') || (($data['route'] == 'product/manufacturer/info' || $data['route'] == 'product/product') && $key == 'manufacturer_id') || ($data['route'] == 'information/information' && $key == 'information_id')) {

$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "url_alias WHERE `query` = '" . $this->db->escape($key . '=' . (int)$value) . "'");

if ($query->num_rows) {

$url .= '/' . $query->row['keyword'];

unset($data[$key]);

}

} elseif ($key == 'path') {

$categories = explode('_', $value);

foreach ($categories as $category) {

$query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "url_alias WHERE `query` = 'category_id=" . (int)$category . "'");

if ($query->num_rows) {

$url .= '/' . $query->row['keyword'];

}

}

unset($data[$key]);

}

}

}

if ($url) {

unset($data['route']);

$query = '';

if ($data) {

foreach ($data as $key => $value) {

$query .= '&' . $key . '=' . $value;

}

if ($query) {

$query = '?' . trim($query, '&');

}

}

return $url_info['scheme'] . '://' . $url_info['host'] . (isset($url_info['port']) ? ':' . $url_info['port'] : '') . str_replace('/index.php', '', $url_info['path']) . $url . $query;

} else {

$link = str_replace('index.php?route=', '', $link);

return $link;

}

}

}

Apparently, @Jay Gilford and @TheBlackBenzKid solve the issue of the urls being properly written on the page.

Line 113

$link = str_replace('index.php?route=', '', $link);

But it seems to break the urls since the Controller can't find the pages and therefore reverts to the error page.

Line 38 - 40

} else {

$this->request->get['route'] = 'error/not_found';

}

@rkaartikeyen's solution solves this problem by setting the current route to the requested route

Line 51 - 53

else {

$this->request->get['route'] = $this->request->get['_route_'];

}