CodeIgniter : URL rewriting not working

Question

I have a website created with CodeIgniter, and although the URL Rewriting is working on my local installation (WAMP), it fails on my distant server.

The CI framework is installed in the "/dev" folder.

Here's the error when I try to access a controller using the following URL : http://www.mywebsite.com/dev/controller

Not Found

The requested URL /dev/index.php/controller/ was not found on this server.

I've tried every combination of .htaccess and config.php, but I can't figure out what's wrong.

However, http://www.mywebsite.com/dev/ works just fine.

Here's the .htaccess file :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT,L]

And the application/config/config.php file :

$config['base_url']     = '/dev/'; # I tried to put the whole path, didn't work either
$config['index_page'] = '';
$config['uri_protocol'] = 'QUERY_STRING'; # I tried every possibility, none of them work
$config['url_suffix'] = '';

What's really weird is that this exact configuration used to work on another server, I moved my code today and it doesn't work now...

Any idea ?

Jon Lin · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-29 14:43:36Z

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You're not using a query string in your rewrite rules, you're using path info. Try changing the uri protocol to:

$config['uri_protocol'] = 'PATH_INFO';

And if that still doesn't work, try changing your rules to append a query string instead:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php?$0 [PT,L]
#                       ^------ a "?" here instead of "/"

And make sure the htaccess file is in the dev directory.

answered Sep 29, 2014 at 14:43

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roberto06 Over a year ago

Setting the URI protocol to PATH_INFO didn't work, however your second solution proved to be effective. A functional answer in less than 5 minutes, God do I love Stackoverflow. Thanks !

Ijaz Ahmed Bhatti · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-30 07:13:16Z

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try it

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /your_project_name/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|js|uploads|css|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

and bingo

answered Sep 30, 2014 at 7:13

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