How to remove “index.php” in codeigniter's path

Question

How do I remove the \"index.php\" sticking out in every path in codeigniter somewhere in the center? I want clean non index.php-fied URLs?

Answer 1

i tested this on apache2 on many different hosting and it works great.

use this htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

be sure you have enabled mod_rewirte with a phpinfo();

then do this in config/config.php:

$config['index_url']    = '';
|
| 'AUTO'            Default - auto detects
| 'PATH_INFO'       Uses the PATH_INFO
| 'QUERY_STRING'    Uses the QUERY_STRING
| 'REQUEST_URI'     Uses the REQUEST_URI
| 'ORIG_PATH_INFO'  Uses the ORIG_PATH_INFO
|
*/
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'AUTO';

if it doesn't works yet, try to change the $config['uri_protocol']='AUTO' to one of the listed inside application/config/config.php file on line 40/54:

sometimes i used : REQUEST_URI instead of AUTO or "QUERY_STRING" for goDaddy hostings

Answer 2

All above methods failed for me and then I found that I was not changing AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All in my virtual host file at /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www
    <Directory />
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All    <---- replace None with All
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www >
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride All   <---  replace None with All
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
    </Directory>

     ...

Answer 3

This will help you paste this code in application folder in .htacess file

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]  

<Files "index.php">
AcceptPathInfo On
</Files>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
  php_value short_open_tag 1
</IfModule>

Answer 4

place a .htaccess file in your root web directory

Whatsoever tweaking you do - if the above is not met - it will not work. Usually its in the System folder, it should be in the root. Cheers!

Answer 5

Copy past following code in your .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
Options -Indexes
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|assets|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]

Answer 6

As an .htaccess file, a good option is to use the one provided by the Kohana Framework:

# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine On

# Installation directory
RewriteBase /

# Protect hidden files from being viewed
<Files .*>
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny From All
</Files>

# Protect application and system files from being viewed
RewriteRule ^(?:application|system)\b.* index.php/$0 [L]

# Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# Rewrite all other URLs to index.php/URL
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT]

It's a well thought out .htaccess that just works.