How do I remove index.php from the URL in Magento

Question

How can i remove index.php from the URL in Magento.

For example the home page URL is: www.mydomain.com/index.php

I want to show

Answer 1

You can remove the index.php in the frontend URLs performing the following steps:

Go to the admin section of Magento.

1. In System -> Configuration -> Web -> Search Engines Optimizations, select YES.

2. In System -> Configuration -> Web -> Secure -> Use secure URLs in the frontend, select YES.

3. Edit the /installdir/apps/magento/htdocs/.htaccess and uncomment the line:

   RewriteBase /magento/