Removing index.php from url using htaccess

Question

Hello friends I am trying to remove index.php from my website URL, it is not working to do that I have used .htaccess file, Is there something i am doing wrong

RewriteEngine On

# Handle Authorization Header
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

# Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

# Handle Front Controller...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Answer 1

Try adding the following at the top of your .htaccess file:

DirectoryIndex index.php

This instructs mod_dir to issue an internal subrequest for index.php when requesting a directory. If this is not set appropriately or index.php is not found in the requested directory then you'll get a 403 response.

This is often already configured on most servers, however, the Apache default is index.html only. If this is left as default then you'll get a 403 when requesting the homepage.

Your "front-controller" is relying on the DirectoryIndex being set correctly.