.htaccess - Unable to remove index.php in WAMP with Codeigniter URL

Question

I want to remove the index.php in the URL but it doesn't work. Here's what I did:

1. I enable the rewrite_module in my Apache then restart server

2. I edit the .htaccess in my codeigniter folder. I add this according to the example in the documentation.

   RewriteEngine On

   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

3. Then I also remove the index.php in app/config

4. Then I create a simple controller:

   class Users extends CI_Controller {
   
       public function __construct() {
           parent::__construct();
       }
   
       public function index() {
           echo "hello world";
       }
   
   }
   

And when I access this URL:

http://localhost/order_menu/users

I got this error:

Not Found

The requested URL /order_menu/users was not found on this server.

Can you help me with this?

Answer 1

Removing index.php in codeigniter on wamp apache server!

When your using wamp make sure you have enabled Apache Modules "rewrite_module" restart server

Second

Try this htaccess in main directory of project

Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index.php|images|robots.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]

Then go to application/config/config.php

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

And then make index.php blank

Replace With $config['index_page'] = '';

You may need to configure your routes

CI3: http://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html

CI2: http://www.codeigniter.com/userguide2/general/routing.html