Send user to .com/index.php when calling ".com/" or ".com"

Question

I need to send a user to "/index.php" when they don't specify a file in the URL.

This is probably a really simple fix because I know it's a common problem, and I've tried multiple answers on SO, though they didn't work.

Here's what some examples of what I've tried

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php

OR

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

OR

DirectoryIndex index.php

This is the rest of the htaccess file which I need to whitelist a few files that should be open, everything else should not be accessed.

Order deny,allow
Deny from all
<FilesMatch "index\.php|logout\.php|login\.php|main\.css|logo2\.png|bg\.jpg|logoAuth\.png|favicon\.ico|grafikk_venstreNede\.png|grafikk_hoyreMidt\.png">
  Allow from all
</FilesMatch>

Expected result is calling "domain.com" and the server responds with "domain.com/index.php"

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Possible duplicate of [index.php not loading by default](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2384423/index-php-not-loading-by-default) — Federico klez Culloca, Feb 01 '19 at 10:48
Adding `DirectoryIndex index.php` to before or after the other code part doesn't work. — Philip Aarseth, Feb 01 '19 at 10:52
The other ones I put in the post? I've already tried all of them, before and after the FilesMatch part. — Philip Aarseth, Feb 01 '19 at 11:43
Perhaps you need `Option Indexes`, too, in the directory section of the web server configuration. — Ole Wolf, Feb 01 '19 at 12:41
That would be in the blocks in the site configuration files. Depending on your distribution, they're typically in /etc/apache2/sites-available. — Ole Wolf, Feb 02 '19 at 14:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '19 at 10:49

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Set DirectoryIndex index.php in either your apache config file or in the .htaccess file.

answered Feb 01 '19 at 10:49

Ole Wolf

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Adding it to before or after the other code part doesn't work. – Philip Aarseth Feb 01 '19 at 10:52
just to be clear, this ```DirectoryIndex index.php Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from all ``` doesn't work, you would just get "Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server." – Philip Aarseth Feb 01 '19 at 10:54

Send user to .com/index.php when calling ".com/" or ".com"

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