Clean URL - removing index.php from URL in CI not working

Question

I'm using CodeIgniter v.3.0.4 and I'm unable to remove the 'index.php' from URL.

1. I've added the .htaccess file:

    <ifmodule mod_rewrite.c=""> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /project_01/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.* RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^application.* RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L] </ifmodule> <ifmodule !mod_rewrite.c=""> ErrorDocument 404 /index.php </ifmodule> 

2. In application folder > config.php > I edited the value to:

    $config['index_page'] = ''; 

   And:

    $config['uri_protocol']= 'REQUEST_URI'; 

   And:

    $config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/Project_01/'; 

3. I checked that my Apache server conf file does not have the pound sign next to the line:

    LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so 

What am I doing wrong? Or what am I not doing?

It worked fine in prior versions of CI, what changed?

Answer 1

Because your rule is sending the request to the query string, you need to use QUERY_STRING for the uri_protocol , and not REQUEST_URI .

As an alternative, and if you would like to keep REQUEST URI , you can change the rule to either one of the following:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]