codeigniter routes not working without index.php in live server inside default var/www/html folder

Question

Codeigniter routes works in local server. when I deploy to var/www/html of server, the routes not working as expected.

when I add index.php before controller name in URL, it works fine.

but without index.php , it throws 404 page not found error

.htaccess file

RewriteEngine On

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

I tried this as well

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /var/www/html/
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

but nothing works..

Answer 1

It seems like mod_rewrite is not enabled in your server. If the rewrite rule isn't working, ensure you are allowing .htaccess files in your Apache config file. The directory section should contain an AllowOverride All option:

<Directory "/var/www/html">
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
   AllowOverride All
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
</Directory>

Don't forget that any changes to the Apache config file require a service restart!

Answer 2

Try below solution:

go to application\\config\\config.php file

Make changes

$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';

To

$config['index_page'] = '';

.htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /YourCIFolderName/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /YourCIFolderName/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Answer 3

STEP 1

go to application/config/config.php find

$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
change it to
$config['index_page'] = '';

STEP 2

go to application/config/routes.php

remove everything from the bottom of the page after the comment ends and paste below code

$route['default_controller'] = 'main'; // main is your default controller name
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['translate_uri_dashes'] = FALSE;
$route['(:any)'] = "main/$1";
$route['admin'] = 'admin/login';

STEP 3

add a new file named as .htaccess in the root folder where you have the folders named application and system etc

add the below code and open the website

 RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
Options All -Indexes
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

# remove index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*/)index\.php$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301,NE]

# To externally redirect /dir/file.php to /dir/file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.+?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,NE,L]

# To internally forward /dir/file to /dir/file.php
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ $1.php [L]

Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"

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