How to remove index.php from url in cakephp 2

Make sure you are loading mod_rewrite correctly. You should see something like

#uncomment it by removing leading #

LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so 

Verify that your .htaccess files are actually in the right directories. Some operating systems treat files that start with ‘.’ as hidden and therefore won’t copy them.

 #CAKEPHP root .htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule    ^$ app/webroot/    [L]
RewriteRule    (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

#Cakephp App directory .htacess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule    ^$    webroot/    [L]
RewriteRule    (.*) webroot/$1    [L]
</IfModule>

#Cakephp webroot directory .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

URL_REWRITING

You may fix it with your web-sersver (.htaccess rules for apache, rules in configuration file for nginx).