CodeIgniter controller and cPanel subfolder has same name

Question

After removing " index.php " from URL using instructions described here ,
cPanel sub-folder is requested when I call a codeIgniter controller which has same name as sub-folder.

Controller and sub-folder name is "sites". So, when I request

example.com/sites

Instead of requesting controller example.com/index.php/sites , it requests sub-folder " sites ".

It can be fixed by deleting sub-folder or renaming the controller, BUT I want to know if there is any other solution to resolve this issue.

Thank You!

Answer 1

You can do that via htaccess Rules.

Try this rule:-

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
// Below line will controller instead of directory
RewriteRule ^sites/?$ index.php/sites [L]

OR

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/sites
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L,QSA]

Hope it will help you :)