How to remove index.php from URLs?

Question

All of my URLs on my Magento installation require index.php in them, like:

http://example.com/index.php/admin/
http://example.com/index.php/customer/account/         


        

Answer 1

If the other solutions don't work for you, try this:

Step 1: (if your installation is in webroot)

Replace

    #RewriteBase /magento/

with

    RewriteBase /

Step 2:

Add following lines (inclusive exclude admin because backend needs index.php internally)

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.php$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^index.php/(admin|user)($|/) - [L]
RewriteRule ^index.php/(.*) $1 [R=301,QSA,L]

right after

RewriteRule .* index.php [L] 

This works for me

In case it is still not working, double check Magento configuration: System->Configuration->Web->Search Engine Optimization. Rewrites must be enabled.