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

Question

I currently have User SEO URL\'s set to Yes in OpenCart Admin.

System -> Settings -> Store -> Server -> User SEO URL\'s

Answer 1

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_'];
}

Answer 2

OpenCart 3.x

First of all in root folder of your website rename htaccess.txt into .htaccess.

Then go to System > Settings > Your store. Edit. Open tab Server and set Use SEO URLs to Yes.

Now open catalog/controller/startup/seo_url.php

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

Add before

} elseif ($key == 'route') {
  $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "seo_url WHERE `query` = '" . $this->db->escape($value) . "' AND store_id = '" . (int)$this->config->get('config_store_id') . "' AND language_id = '" . (int)$this->config->get('config_language_id') . "'");
 
  if ($query->num_rows && $query->row['keyword']) {
    $url .= '/' . $query->row['keyword'];
    unset($data[$key]);
  } else if ($data['route'] == "common/home") { 
    $url .= '/'; 
  } 

Now /index.php?route=common/home becames /

And now you can although set SEO URLs in Design > SEO URL using constructions like account/login or information/contact.

Answer 3

To simply remove that, you can do a basic replace in /catalog/controller/common/seo_url.php

Find:

return $link;

Before it on a new line put:

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

Edit by TheBlackBenzKid: If you want full SEO just use this line instead of the above:

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

Also make sure SEO URLs is turned on in the Admin panel of the store.