Codeigniter index() function not being called

Question

i am fairly new working with codeigniter. I am currently trying to setup an existing codeigniter project but Main controller's index() method is not being called. I have gone through almost all related question posted here @ stackoverflow but nothing seems to work for me.

below is my code:

class Main extends CI_Controller {

function __construct()
{
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load->model('Front_main');
    $this->load->model('Front_expertweb');
}

public function index(){
    echo 'im here';
    ....
}
....
}

EDIT

.htaccess :

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
#<IfModule mod_filter.c>
  SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/*
#</IfModule>

config.php

$config['index_page'] = '' $config['base_url'] = ''

PHP version: 5.+

Codeigniter: 2.+

would really appreciate if you could route me in the ride direction.

much appreciated.

Answer 1

class Main extends CI_Controller {

function __construct()
{
    parent::__construct();
   // $this->load->model('Front_main');
   // $this->load->model('Front_expertweb');
}

public function index(){
    echo 'im here';
    ....
}
....
}

config.php

$config['index_page'] = 'index.php'
$config['base_url'] = 'your project foldername'

Answer 2

Bummmmp! So there was NOTHING wrong with the code. Previous developer had saved configuration URL in database without any documentation.

Thanks to everyone who tried to help.

Cheers.