Issues in removing index.php in CodeIgniter 3

Question

I want to access my URL's without index.php in CodeIgniter. Here is my Blog controller

class Blog extends CI_Controller {

    public function index() {
        echo 'hello world';
    }

    public function about() {
        echo 'about page';
    }
}

Now I can access index via http://localhost/codeigniter/index.php/Blog, but I need to access it with this URL http://localhost/codeigniter/Blog.

NOTE

I removed index.php from config file .htaccess file

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

Environment

Windows, XAMPP, PHP Version 5.6.3

Edit your `.htaccess` file, click [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20169545/codeigniter-3-remove-index-php-problems) to see how. — viral, May 28 '15 at 09:00
Do 2 things, make sure you have apache configured to use `.htaccess` and you have `mod_rewrite.c` module enabled. — viral, May 28 '15 at 09:07
Click on green apache icon in tray, Apache > Apache modules > rewrite_module is checked ? — viral, May 28 '15 at 09:18
possible duplicate of [How to remove "index.php" in codeigniter's path](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1445385/how-to-remove-index-php-in-codeigniters-path) — , May 28 '15 at 09:59

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '15 at 10:29

How to removed index.php from url has been asked so many times, It is the same as what is for codeigniter 2 and 3.

For Xampp With Codeigniter Windows

Find application/config/config.php

Replace This

$config['base_url'] = "";

With This

$config['base_url'] = "your-project-url";

Replace This

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

With This

$config['index_page'] = ""

In main directory create file called .htaccess

I use code below works fine for me in xampp in windows. More htacces here

Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes

<FilesMatch "(?i)((\.tpl|\.ini|\.log|(?<!robots)\.txt))">
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</FilesMatch>

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

Note: make sure your controllers are like example Welcome.php instead of welcome.php also you might need to create new routes in your route.php if remove index.php

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 17:29

I just now struggled with this part again, even after being used to Codeigniter for 2+ years.

None of the answers helped me exactly, including the official Codeigniter's page about this, so I'm posting the solution that worked for me.

Enable Rewrite engine
```
sudo a2enmod rewrite
```
Change Apache's config file to allow folders to allow overriding of default security setting
```
sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
```

Under the "Directory" options depending on the location of your files, edit

    AllowOverride None

to

    AllowOverride All

e.g.: My server files are in "/var/www", so my final result for corresponding Directory options is:

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

Create a ".htaccess" file in the root of your Codeigniter project, i.e.: along with where applications, system folders exist.

In the file, put the following:

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

In config/config.php file, change:
```
$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
```

to

    $config['index_page'] = '';

Restart apache2:
```
sudo service apache2 restart
```

Enjoy!

Ashraf Hefny · Answer 3 · 2016-05-18T09:51:46.223

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To remove index.php create a .htaccess file in the same folder as your site’s main index.php file.
Then add the following code to this newly created .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    # Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/system/.* [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

    # Directs all EE web requests through the site index file
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

this code have two parts
1 - remove index.php
2 - redirect all site requests to the index file.

edited May 18 '16 at 09:51

answered May 28 '15 at 09:27

Ashraf Hefny

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Can you check if `mod_rewrite` is enabled in your apache or not ? – Ashraf Hefny May 28 '15 at 09:56
ii have checked it ts enabled – Blessan Kurien May 28 '15 at 10:42

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '15 at 09:38

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Please change your base_url path which exist in application/config

$config['base_url'] ='localhost/projectname/index.php'

to

$config['base_url'] ='localhost/projectname/'

answered May 28 '15 at 09:38

Nishant Nair

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 28 '15 at 09:56

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Enable mod_rewrite restart your apache server and in your .htaccess

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

answered May 28 '15 at 09:56

codex

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered May 28 '15 at 10:14

Step:-1 Open the folder “application/config” and open the file “config.php“. find and replace the below code in config.php file.

 //find the below code   
    $config['index_page'] = "index.php" 
    //replace with the below code
    $config['index_page'] = ""

Step:-2 Write below code in .htaccess file

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

Step:-3 In some case the default setting for uri_protocol does not work properly. To solve this problem just open the file “application/config/config.php“, then find and replace the below code

//find the below code
$config['uri_protocol'] = "AUTO"
//replace with the below code
$config['uri_protocol'] = "REQUEST_URI"

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 28 '15 at 10:42

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in config.php

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

in .htacess

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

answered May 28 '15 at 10:42

Abdulla Nilam

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered May 28 '15 at 11:01

finally this is worked fine for me. i have changed .htaccess file with this content

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /codeigniter

    #Removes access to the system folder by users.
    #Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
    #previously this would not have been possible.
    #'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

    #When your application folder isn't in the system folder
    #This snippet prevents user access to the application folder
    #Submitted by: Fabdrol
    #Rename 'application' to your applications folder name.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^application.*
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

    #Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
    #such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
    #request to index.php
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]


    </IfModule>

    <IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
        # If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
        # can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
        # Submitted by: ElliotHaughin

    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>

And these changes made

    $config['index_page'] = "index.php" 
        //replace with the below code
        $config['index_page'] = ""
$config['base_url'] = "your-project-url";

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 15 '16 at 15:11

Alright, i've been strugling with this for two days, and here is my solution for XAMPP and CodeIgniter 3

Create new ".htaccess" file in root directory (not in CodeIgniter's application folder, where there's another htacces file, don't touch that one), with this inside:

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

Then, find and change this values on config.php (CodeIgniter file, on config folder):

$config['base_url']     = 'localhost/YourProject';
$config['index_page']   = '';
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'REQUEST_URI';

Finally, on httpd.conf (Apache config file), find:

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

and uncomment the line (remove #).

That's it! Now

localhost/myProject/news

works as if I write

localhost/myProject/index.php/news

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Oct 06 '20 at 13:29

My Codeigniter version is 3.1.11 I'm trying all types of code in htaccess but that does not work then I was found this code.

Place the .htaccess file in the project folder like this: htdocs/your_project/.htaccess Try this new code for .htaccess:

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

Issues in removing index.php in CodeIgniter 3

10 Answers10

Alright, i've been strugling with this for two days, and here is my solution for XAMPP and CodeIgniter 3

Linked