Remove index.php?route=common/home from OpenCart

Question

I currently have User SEO URL\'s set to Yes in OpenCart Admin.

System -> Settings -> Store -> Server -> User SEO URL\'s

Answer 1

/catalog/controller/common/seo_url.php

Open the file and replace the below code

config->get('config_seo_url')) {
            $this->url->addRewrite($this);
        }

        // Decode URL
        if (isset($this->request->get['_route_'])) {
            $parts = explode('/', $this->request->get['_route_']);

            foreach ($parts as $part) {

                $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "url_alias WHERE keyword = '" . $this->db->escape($part) . "'");

                if ($query->num_rows) {
                    $url = explode('=', $query->row['query']);

                    if ($url[0] == 'product_id') {
                        $this->request->get['product_id'] = $url[1];
                    }

                    if ($url[0] == 'category_id') {
                        if (!isset($this->request->get['path'])) {
                            $this->request->get['path'] = $url[1];
                        } else {
                            $this->request->get['path'] .= '_' . $url[1];
                        }
                    }   

                    if ($url[0] == 'manufacturer_id') {
                        $this->request->get['manufacturer_id'] = $url[1];
                    }

                    if ($url[0] == 'information_id') {
                        $this->request->get['information_id'] = $url[1];
                    }   
                } else {
                    $this->request->get['route'] = 'error/not_found';   
                }
            }

            if (isset($this->request->get['product_id'])) {
                $this->request->get['route'] = 'product/product';
            } elseif (isset($this->request->get['path'])) {
                $this->request->get['route'] = 'product/category';
            } elseif (isset($this->request->get['manufacturer_id'])) {
                $this->request->get['route'] = 'product/manufacturer/info';
            } elseif (isset($this->request->get['information_id'])) {
                $this->request->get['route'] = 'information/information';
            }else {
                $this->request->get['route'] = $this->request->get['_route_'];
            }

            if (isset($this->request->get['route'])) {
                return $this->forward($this->request->get['route']);
            }
        }
    }

    public function rewrite($link) {
        if ($this->config->get('config_seo_url')) {
            $url_data = parse_url(str_replace('&', '&', $link));
            $url = ''; 

            $data = array();

            parse_str($url_data['query'], $data);
            foreach ($data as $key => $value) {

                if (isset($data['route'])) {
                    if (($data['route'] == 'product/product' && $key == 'product_id') || (($data['route'] == 'product/manufacturer/info' || $data['route'] == 'product/product') && $key == 'manufacturer_id') || ($data['route'] == 'information/information' && $key == 'information_id')) {
                        $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "url_alias WHERE `query` = '" . $this->db->escape($key . '=' . (int)$value) . "'");

                        if ($query->num_rows) {
                            $url .= '/' . $query->row['keyword'];

                            unset($data[$key]);
                        }                   
                    } elseif ($key == 'path') {
                        $categories = explode('_', $value);

                        foreach ($categories as $category) {
                            $query = $this->db->query("SELECT * FROM " . DB_PREFIX . "url_alias WHERE `query` = 'category_id=" . (int)$category . "'");

                            if ($query->num_rows) {
                                $url .= '/' . $query->row['keyword'];
                            }                           
                        }

                        unset($data[$key]);
                    }else {
                        $url .= '/'.$value;
                    }
                }
            }

            if ($url) {
                unset($data['route']);

                $query = '';

                if ($data) {
                    foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
                        $query .= '&' . $key . '=' . $value;
                    }

                    if ($query) {
                        $query = '?' . trim($query, '&');
                    }
                }

                return $url_data['scheme'] . '://' . $url_data['host'] . (isset($url_data['port']) ? ':' . $url_data['port'] : '') . str_replace('/index.php', '', $url_data['path']) . $url . $query;
            } else {
                return $link;
            }
        } else {
            return $link;
        }       
    }   
}
?>

------------------ WHERE THE CHANGE -------------------------

The below Line i added in Public Function index() also Public Function rewrite.

else {
this->request->get['route'] = $this->request->get['_route_'];
}

index() function Perform like this

1. Get the query from htaccss "?route=$1" (Ex: the url look like site.com/shirts)
2. so the route is shirts
3. now the function check the "shirts" is found in url_alias table if its found then its make a get varible like index.php?categoryID=Value from url_alias Table.
4. Or else if there are no record in url_alias table for shirts, then its checks weather it is some other pages like information or manufacturer if its found it make a get variable Example index.php?route=information/information or index.php?route=product/manufacturer/info.
5. But its not check is it found in Layouts. So i added the Code in else block that set the route into get variable like this index.php?route=<route>
6. So in index() functions its works fine. Like Same i did in rewrite function.