Issues in removing index.php in CodeIgniter 3

Question

I want to access my URL\'s without index.php in CodeIgniter. Here is my Blog controller

class Blog extends CI_Controller {

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Answer 1

I just now struggled with this part again, even after being used to Codeigniter for 2+ years.

None of the answers helped me exactly, including the official Codeigniter's page about this, so I'm posting the solution that worked for me.

1. Enable Rewrite engine

   sudo a2enmod rewrite
   

2. Change Apache's config file to allow folders to allow overriding of default security setting

   sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
   

Under the "Directory" options depending on the location of your files, edit

    AllowOverride None

to

    AllowOverride All

e.g.: My server files are in "/var/www", so my final result for corresponding Directory options is:

    
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    

3. Create a ".htaccess" file in the root of your Codeigniter project, i.e.: along with where applications, system folders exist.

In the file, put the following:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

4. In config/config.php file, change:

   $config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
   

to

    $config['index_page'] = '';

5. Restart apache2:

   sudo service apache2 restart
   

Enjoy!