Enable clean URL in Yii2

Question

How can I enable clean urls in Yii2. I want to remove index.php and \'?\' from url parameters. Which section needs to be edited in Yii2 for that?

Answer 1

Step-by-step instruction

Step 1

At the root of the project add a .htaccess with the following content:

Options +FollowSymLinks
IndexIgnore */*
RewriteEngine On
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(web)
    RewriteRule ^assets/(.*)$ /web/assets/$1 [L]
    RewriteRule ^css/(.*)$ web/css/$1 [L]
    RewriteRule ^js/(.*)$ web/js/$1 [L]
    RewriteRule ^images/(.*)$ web/images/$1 [L]
    RewriteRule (.*) /web/$1
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /web/index.php

Step 2

In the folder /web add a .htaccess file with the following content:

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . index.php

Step 3

In the file /config/web.php in element components of array add folowing code:

'request' => [
    // !!! insert a secret key in the following (if it is empty) - this is required by cookie validation
    'cookieValidationKey' => 'yYy4YYYX8lYyYyQOl8vOcO6ROo7i8twO',
    'baseUrl' => ''
],

//...

'urlManager' => [
    'enablePrettyUrl' => true,
    'showScriptName' => false,
    'rules' => [
        '' => 'site/index',                                
        '//' => '/',
    ],
],

Done..