1. I am using ubuntu 13.04. To setup mod_rewrite on debian based machines ubuntu is in concern here go through my this post
http://itfeast.blogspot.in/2013/09/cakephpubuntu-setting-up-cakephp-on.html
If you are assured that mod_rewrite is working perfectly on your Apache Server Proceed Further.
Now We will proceed with configuring CodeIgniter for seo urls
2. Remove Index.php
Your root .htaccess should look like this
3. Now in application/config/config.php
change
$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
to
$config['index_page'] = '';
In some cases you may also need to configure
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'AUTO';
To
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'PATH_INFO';
Or To
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'REQUEST_URI';
4. Now your folder structure should look like this
http://itfeast.blogspot.in/2013/09/cakephpubuntu-setting-up-cakephp-on.html
If you are assured that mod_rewrite is working perfectly on your Apache Server Proceed Further.
Now We will proceed with configuring CodeIgniter for seo urls
2. Remove Index.php
Your root .htaccess should look like this
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine On
# If your website begins from a folder e.g localhost/my_project then
# you have to change it to: RewriteBase /my_project/
# If your site begins from the root e.g. example.local/ then
# let it as it is
RewriteBase /ci/
# Protect application and system files from being viewed when the index.php is missing
RewriteCond $1 ^(application|system|private|logs)
# Rewrite to index.php/access_denied/URL
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/access_denied/$1 [PT,L]
# Allow these directories and files to be displayed directly:
RewriteCond $1 ^(index\.php|robots\.txt|favicon\.ico|public|assets|css|js|images)
# No rewriting
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [PT,L]
# Rewrite to index.php/URL
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [PT,L]
</IfModule>
3. Now in application/config/config.php
change
$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
to
$config['index_page'] = '';
In some cases you may also need to configure
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'AUTO';
To
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'PATH_INFO';
Or To
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'REQUEST_URI';
4. Now your folder structure should look like this
website_folder/ –––– application/ –––– system/ –––– user_guide/ ====>.htaccess –––– index.php –––– license.txt
You might also go for custom routing further as
$route['default_controller'] = 'webpages'; //Our default Controller
//Get rid of the first segment (in our case we get rid of webpages)
$route["about"] = 'webpages/about';
$route["blog/(.*)"] = 'webpages/blog/$1';
$route["view/(.*)"] = 'webpages/view/$1';
Source: http://www.web-and-development.com/codeigniter-remove-index-php-minimize-url/
