How do I write a .htaccess file to make CodeIgniters URL routing work?

Question

I\'m running a LAMP environment with CodeIgniter. I want to be able to use its URL pattern, like, http://localhost/controller/function/ID, but by default it has

Answer 1

I had the same issues with CodeIgnitor links images,js,css. It all works now thanks to you guys! I have followed the below steps. consolidated all other comments into my scenario to work. Hope this helps somebody.

1. changed httpd.conf

   
       AllowOverride All #was "none", but this was all commented out
       Order Deny,Allow
       Deny from all
   
   

2. created an empty .htaccess file in the htdocs\yoursite(site root) directory and pasted the following.

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