Removing index.php from a URL path in XAMPP for Windows

Removing index.php from a URL path in XAMPP for Windows

STEP 1: Create .htaccess using the command prompt in Windows

1. Open command prompt

2. In the command prompt, change the working directory to the CodeIgniter directory i.e. the directory that contains the application and system directories

   cd C:\xampp\htdocs\site_folder

3. Type copy con .htaccess to create a .htaccess file in the current working directory

4. Press [ENTER] to append an empty line

5. Type the following code:

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

6. Finally, enter CTRL + Z to append the data to the .htaccess file and hit [ENTER] to save

STEP 2: Configure mod_rewrite in httpd.conf

1. Locate the httpd.conf file in the Apache sub-directory C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf

2. Uncomment the following line from: #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

   to

   LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

3. Save the changes to the file

STEP 3: Configure config.php in you site_folder (CodeIgniter) folder

1. Locate config.php C:\xampp\htdocs\site_folder\system\application\config

2. Change the following line from: $config['index_page'] = 'index.php';

   to

   $config['index_page'] = '';