CodeIgniter : How to remove 'folder name' in CodeIgniter URL

Question

So I have URL Like : http://localhost/folder_name/home

I want to remove/delete 'folder_name' from URL so my URL becomes http://localhost/home .

I already try this code :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^((?!folder_name/).*)$ folder_name/$1 [L,NC,R]

This code let me access the url in http://localhost/home , but everytime after I 'press ENTER' the URL in browser. the URL will become http://localhost/folder_name/home again

is it possible to 'permanently remove' the folder name ?

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Maybe the folder_name still be remembered on your web browser, and then when you hit Enter, it auto-complete the old URL.

I think you should try remove cookies from your web browser and try again. Gook luck!

Answer 2

try using virtual hosting it more flexible you can even set your own url like myapp.dev .

refer to this info:

Windows:

http://en.kioskea.net/faq/8485-configuring-apache-and-windows-to-create-a-virtual-host

in Linux it depends to your Distribution.

Answer 3

Given:

http://localhost/folder_name/home

A. If you're using XAMPP...
1) In your htdocs directory, transfer all the contents of folder_name outside to your htdocs directory.
--> the contents would include: application folder , assets folder , etc.

2) Delete the folder, folder_name .

B. If you're using LAMP...
1) In your /var/www/html/ directory, transfer all the contents of folder_name outside to your /var/www/html/ directory.
--> the contents would include: application folder , assets folder , etc.

2) Delete the folder, folder_name .

A & B
3) In your application/config/config.php file...

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/';

B only
4) do: sudo service apache2 restart

Note:
This is what I have for my htdocs/.htaccess for A and /var/www/html/.htaccess (hidden file) for B ...

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

Hope this helps! Peace!

Answer 4

update your .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /home/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|js|uploads|css|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]