How to remove "index.php" in codeigniter's path

Question

How do I remove the "index.php" sticking out in every path in codeigniter somewhere in the center? I want clean non index.php-fied URLs?

https://www.formget.com/codeigniter-htaccess-remove-index-php/ — Eldho NewAge, Apr 17 '18 at 12:04

score 90 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 18 '09 at 15:53

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If you are using Apache place a .htaccess file in your root web directory containing the following:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|[Javascript / CSS / Image root Folder name(s)]|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

Another good version is located here:

http://snipplr.com/view/5966/codeigniter-htaccess/

answered Sep 18 '09 at 15:53

Sean Vieira

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+1 for the link! Although had to tweak around a bit. got it with this --> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L] – OrangeRind Sep 18 '09 at 16:47
for some reason, i had to add a slash to the beginning of the RewriteCond. `RewriteCond $1 !^\/(index\.php|assets|robots\.txt)` – Henry Sep 08 '13 at 18:21
For some reason, if you have index.php in the URL, it's not actually removed, it stays there and keeps working. – CMCDragonkai Dec 03 '13 at 08:06
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I used all the possible combinations and it's still not working for me!!!!! how did you get it to work?? – Roshdy Jan 10 '15 at 15:06
Your Apache install needs to be configured to check .htaccess files - make sure that is the case. – Sean Vieira Jan 10 '15 at 18:05

score 60 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '11 at 14:53

I had some big issues with removing the index.php. As a general rule the .htaccess below has been tested on several servers and generally works:

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

<Files "index.php">
AcceptPathInfo On
</Files>

If you don't have any luck with that then the next step is to adjust your config file. Try some of the other URI protocols e.g.

| 'AUTO'            Default - auto detects
| 'PATH_INFO'       Uses the PATH_INFO
| 'QUERY_STRING'    Uses the QUERY_STRING
| 'REQUEST_URI'     Uses the REQUEST_URI
| 'ORIG_PATH_INFO'  Uses the ORIG_PATH_INFO

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

If your still not having any luck try changing the rewrite rule to include your subfolder. This is often a problem if your using a temporary URL on a dev server etc:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /subofolder1/subfolder2/index.php/$1 [L]

Just play around with these options, one should work. Also, make sure your index file is set to:

$config['index_page'] = '';

Good luck!

i thought your first code here was the solution for me but actually it is just sending any url like domain/* to domain/index.php it ism't sending domain/welcome to the welcome controller. was excited for a second then. trying the other suggestions now. — jsky, Aug 14 '13 at 11:37

Shaolin · Answer 3 · 2012-11-21T09:58:00.850

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Have the.htaccess file in the application root directory, along with the index.php file. (Check if the htaccess extension is correct , Bz htaccess.txt did not work for me.)

And Add the following rules to .htaccess file,

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

Then find the following line in your application/config/config.php file

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

Set the variable empty as below.

$config['index_page'] = '';

That's it, it worked for me.

If it doesn't work further try to replace following variable with these parameters ('AUTO', 'PATH_INFO', 'QUERY_STRING', 'REQUEST_URI', and 'ORIG_PATH_INFO') one by one

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

edited Nov 21 '12 at 09:58

answered Sep 08 '12 at 10:47

Shaolin

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thank you , i have been failing in this for long time dunno why but ur way worked like butter :D – Ahmed Samy Nov 26 '12 at 23:19
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Thanks MDeSilva. This post save my time. – sanji Apr 03 '13 at 05:30
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Thanks. It's works. BTW, I needn't change config.php. – Stony Oct 25 '13 at 10:00
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Thanks, this one helped me, I used PATH_INFO with WAMP – T.Coutlakis Jan 25 '14 at 18:17

Re0sless · Answer 4 · 2012-11-24T23:50:33.817

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Have a look in the system\application\config\config.php file, there is a variable named index_page

It should look like this

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

change it to

$config['index_page'] = "";

Then as mentioned you also need to add a rewrite rule to the .htaccess file

Note: in CodeIgniter v2 this file was moved out of the system folder to application\config\config.php

edited Nov 24 '12 at 23:50

answered Sep 18 '09 at 15:52

Re0sless

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waqas · Answer 5 · 2013-02-15T02:53:44.620

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All above methods failed for me and then I found that I was not changing AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All in my virtual host file at /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www
    <Directory />
            Options FollowSymLinks
            AllowOverride All    <---- replace None with All
    </Directory>
    <Directory /var/www >
            Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
            AllowOverride All   <---  replace None with All
            Order allow,deny
            allow from all
    </Directory>

     ...

edited Feb 15 '13 at 02:53

answered Jul 18 '12 at 20:31

waqas

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Thank you so much, i got that AllowOverride None too, now it works ! – Willy Aug 24 '12 at 06:45
The blog is gone now, and I would very much have liked to read it. None of these solutions are working for me... – Kevin Beal Nov 22 '12 at 20:52
awesome, saved my day. – JChow Jun 14 '14 at 18:26

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 21 '13 at 13:23

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* /codeigniter/index.php/$0 [PT,L]

after changing RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT,L] with the project folder name "codeigniter".its working for me. Thanks guys for your support.

score 6 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Step 1 => Place your .htaccess file in root folder where application and system folders exist.

Step 2 => If your web path using sub-folder like - yourdomain.com/project/ - then use following code in htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase    /project/
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /project/index.php/$1 [L]

If your web path using root-folder like - yourdomain.com - then use following code in htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase    /
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 04 '14 at 09:24

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Tried using the first of the above examples works only on my root but not on form loads etc will still try to use index.php in urls I will play around and come back to this if I can firugre it out – Sam Mar 19 '15 at 12:04
Thanks @Vinod.I was going crazy with this problem.I have been searching on the net for so long, tried various solutions but they never worked until i came across your solution.Now my CI project is working and it has given me NEW HOPE to move on with CI.Thanks a lot :) – gomesh munda Feb 01 '17 at 05:34

score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 15 '12 at 12:46

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT,L]

This must definitely work.. have a try

answered Nov 15 '12 at 12:46

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score 5 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 06 '12 at 10:30

Just thought i might add

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

would be the .htaccess and be sure to edit your application/config.php variable in the following manner:

replace

$config['uri_protocol'] = “AUTO”

with

$config['uri_protocol'] = “REQUEST_URI”

score 4 · Answer 10 · edited Apr 29 '13 at 14:12

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Ensure you have enabled mod_rewrite (I hadn't).
To enable:

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Also, replace AllowOverride None by AllowOverride All

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Finaly...

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

My .htaccess is

RewriteEngine on  
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|[assets/css/js/img]|robots\.txt)  
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

edited Apr 29 '13 at 14:12

Jules

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 13:50

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Another module I needed to enable was `actions`: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14419757/how-to-get-htaccess-files-working-with-apache-virtualhost/14481297#14481297 – Jasdeep Khalsa Jun 22 '13 at 13:34

score 4 · Answer 11 · answered Jun 10 '14 at 18:58

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Perfect solution [ tested on localhost as well as on real domain ]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT,L]

answered Jun 10 '14 at 18:58

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Ben S · Answer 12 · 2009-09-18T15:52:19.913

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Use mod_rewrite as instructed in this tutorial from the CI wiki.

edited Sep 18 '09 at 15:52

answered Sep 18 '09 at 15:47

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score 3 · Answer 13 · answered Sep 18 '09 at 15:51

This is an .htaccess for one of my CI projects:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|css|js|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /projectFolder/index.php/$1 [L]

The last line should give you what you need, though you may or may not need '/projectFolder' depending on how your folder structure is set up. Good luck!

score 3 · Answer 14 · answered Oct 11 '13 at 15:48

As an .htaccess file, a good option is to use the one provided by the Kohana Framework:

# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine On

# Installation directory
RewriteBase /

# Protect hidden files from being viewed
<Files .*>
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny From All
</Files>

# Protect application and system files from being viewed
RewriteRule ^(?:application|system)\b.* index.php/$0 [L]

# Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# Rewrite all other URLs to index.php/URL
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT]

It's a well thought out .htaccess that just works.

Devraj Gupta · Answer 15 · 2016-11-06T09:35:01.410

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There are two way to solve index.php in url path for codeigniter

1:In config/config.php Change code :

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

to

$config['index_page'] = '';

2:Create .htacess in root path if not created,Copy the following code:-

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Save it and then check in your Apache Configuration rewrite_module OR mod_rewrite is Enabled.If not then please enabled. (Best Approach)!

edited Nov 06 '16 at 09:35

answered Nov 06 '16 at 09:29

Devraj Gupta

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This is correct and straight from the CodeIgniter docs. I also using this method. – Dewald Els Jan 30 '17 at 11:17

score 2 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 26 '13 at 17:20

i tested this on apache2 on many different hosting and it works great.

use this htaccess

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

be sure you have enabled mod_rewirte with a phpinfo();

then do this in config/config.php:

$config['index_url']    = '';
|
| 'AUTO'            Default - auto detects
| 'PATH_INFO'       Uses the PATH_INFO
| 'QUERY_STRING'    Uses the QUERY_STRING
| 'REQUEST_URI'     Uses the REQUEST_URI
| 'ORIG_PATH_INFO'  Uses the ORIG_PATH_INFO
|
*/
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'AUTO';

if it doesn't works yet, try to change the $config['uri_protocol']='AUTO' to one of the listed inside application/config/config.php file on line 40/54:

sometimes i used : REQUEST_URI instead of AUTO or "QUERY_STRING" for goDaddy hostings

score 2 · Answer 17 · answered Jul 24 '13 at 06:39

Look in the \application\config\config.php file, there is a variable named index_page

It should look like this

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

change it to

$config['index_page'] = "";

Then as mentioned you also need to add a rewrite rule to the .htaccess file like this:

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

It work for me, hope you too.

score 2 · Answer 18 · answered Feb 17 '15 at 02:23

If you are on linux and using apache2 server then we may need to override apache2.conf file also beside changes on .htaccess file. Find apache2 configuration file on /etc/apache2/apache2.conf .

Search Directory /var/www/ Change AllowOverride None -> AllowOverride All

<Directory /var/www/>
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory

score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Sep 03 '12 at 12:18

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place a .htaccess file in your root web directory

Whatsoever tweaking you do - if the above is not met - it will not work. Usually its in the System folder, it should be in the root. Cheers!

answered Sep 03 '12 at 12:18

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After spending couple of hours, I read this and found my mistake. – mohsin.mr Feb 25 '13 at 04:28
I also spent at least an hour because of this "little" trick. By default, the .htaccess files comes in `application` directory instead of root. – vadim Feb 12 '14 at 21:49

score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Feb 14 '14 at 11:53

I have tried many solutions but the one i came up with is this:

DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|(.*)\.swf|forums|images|css|downloads|jquery|js|robots  \.txt|favicon\.ico)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ./index.php?$1 [L,QSA]

This iwill remove the index.php from the url as required.

Scorpion · Answer 21 · 2015-09-14T13:50:30.110

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I use these lines in .htaccess file; which I place in root folder

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

Then I can access http://example.com/controller/function/parameter

instead of http://example.com/index.php/controller/function/parameter

edited Sep 14 '15 at 13:50

answered Sep 14 '15 at 11:26

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Sep 10 '13 at 07:29

This will help you paste this code in application folder in .htacess file

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

<Files "index.php">
AcceptPathInfo On
</Files>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
  php_value short_open_tag 1
</IfModule>

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Oct 04 '15 at 06:21

This one did me the complete magic:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# Hide the application and system directories by redirecting the request to index.php
RewriteRule ^(application|system|\.svn) index.php/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L]

Hope it helps!

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Mar 18 '16 at 13:05

Hi This one worked me

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

as well as this

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

where the folder is the name of the subfolder if this codeigniter application is hosted as a subdomain e.g domainname/folder/index.php.

Hope that works for you. Thanks.

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered May 23 '16 at 07:23

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Copy past following code in your .htaccess

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

answered May 23 '16 at 07:23

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While this code may answer the question, providing additional context regarding *why* and/or *how* this code answers the question improves its long-term value. – Benjamin W. May 23 '16 at 07:42

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Nov 15 '18 at 18:24

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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /Foldername of your ci/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

answered Nov 15 '18 at 18:24

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Aug 23 '19 at 06:43

Step 1 :

Add this in htaccess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> 
RewriteEngine On 
#RewriteBase / 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteRule ^ index.php [QSA,L] 
</IfModule>

Step 2 :

Remove index.php in codeigniter config

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

Step 3 :

Allow overriding htaccess in Apache Configuration (Command)

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and edit the file & change to

AllowOverride All

for www folder

Step 4 :

Enabled apache mod rewrite (Command)

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Step 5 :

Restart Apache (Command)

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

How to remove "index.php" in codeigniter's path

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Perfect solution [ tested on localhost as well as on real domain ]

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