How to remove public/index.php/ from url in Codeigniter 4

Question

I want normal URL like www.sample.com/controller not www.sample.com/public/index.php/controller.

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

My .htaccess file

Wellfixed

Answer 1

Just do

Step 1: In public/ directory, copy index.php and .htaccess to your root project directory.

Step 2: In the root project directory, open index.php and edit the following line:

index.php -> $pathsPath = FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';

to

index.php => $pathsPath = FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php';

Gam

Thanks, this is the solution. – Litho

is this really safe? – Trews

Its not recommended. You can rename public to be public_html. The files in public are the "public" files and the rest are not. – Haematogenesis

From my understanding, this goes against the entire idea of having the /public directory in the first place. The index.php file is located there for security reasons. The solution provided by Nassim worked for me. – Expansion

this answer is not safe you can see that your .env file is easily accessed by yourdomain.tdl/.env best way also protect .env file with help of <Files> tag inside .htaccess . – Bedel

Answer 2

okay , this is how I solved this problem : you need 2 .htaccess files
the first one in root path "/.htaccess" of your project the second one in the public folder "public/.htaccess"

and here is the first one "/.htaccess"

# this is my version (Nassim) of the htaccess file , I use this one in the root directory "/"
# of the project and a second .htaccess in the public directory

DirectoryIndex /public/index.php
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|assets|css|js|robots\.txt|favicon\.ico)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ./public/index.php/$1 [L,QSA]

and the second one (comes with CI installation): "public/.htaccess"

# I recommend you remove `IfModule`. Because if you need mod_rewrite,
# you don't need `IfModule`. If you don't need it, you don't need this file
# at all.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|assets|doc|data|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Invalidate

Apart from .htaccess file what else you need in the root directory? – Volans

sorry @arunkumar , was so busy to reply , that's all nothing else – Invalidate

@HeribertoJuárez Great ! – Invalidate

The first .htaccess file (the one in the root dir) wasn't working for me, so I used the one from this other answer: #66592611. The second one I used as you sugested and everything works now :) – Stutz

Answer 3

go to app/Config/App.php and then public $indexPage = 'index.php'; change to public $indexPage = '';

works like charm

Alrick

In fact it did! tnks – Seminarian

Recommended way – Difficult

Answer 4

Create a file called index.php outside of the public directory and write the command

require_once './public/index.php';

That's it.

Trapshooting

Does not works wen using multiple controllers. pages would be located at public/pages codeigniter.com/user_guide/tutorial/static_pages.html – Bahr

Answer 5

1. Set up Virtual hosts (if you haven't already), but make sure to point to /public directory (xampp example):

ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName example.com
DocumentRoot "path-to-project/public"
<Directory "path-to-project/public">
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
</Directory>

2. Do not touch any .htaccess file in default CI4 distribution
3. Edit app/Config/App.php - $baseURL = 'http://www.example.com/'; $indexPage = '';

Janik

Answer 6

I've no idea how you get this .htaccess. If you download CodeIgniter 4 from here and you can see Htaccess file is different what you added.

Since there are many changes in CodeIgniter (1,2,3) to Codeigniter 4, htaccess moved to public/ folder which will set to document root and .htaccess which place outside will not valid in CI 4

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Correct path to .htaccess

public/.htaccess

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Note: I just tested index.php URL issue and there was no issue like that. worked/loaded fine without index.php

Maffei

Answer 7

Project Structure codeigniter4

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If Run project in Xamp show Like this

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Copy public-->index.php to rootfolder-->index.php

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Now run Like this in webbrowser show this like error to solve this

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solution

    $pathsConfig = FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';
    to
   $pathsConfig = FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php';

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Now run

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create .htaccess in root folder

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

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Now you can switch your controller name without .htaccess your url must be like this http://localhost:8080/payinlinks/index.php/login else http://localhost:8080/payinlinks/login

Bellini

Answer 8

Step 1:

• Open the Your_Project_Folder/app/Config/App.php file
• Change $baseURL = 'http://localhost/'; [ or in-case: $baseURL = 'http://localhost:8080/'; ] to $baseURL='http://localhost/Your_Project_Name';
• Also change $indexPage = 'index.php'; to $indexPage = '';

Step 2:

• Go into Your_Project_Folder/public folder

• Copy the .htaccess and index.php files from this folder and paste them into your folder's Your_Project_Folder root (where a spark or env file exists).

Step 3:

• Open the Your_Project_Folder/index.php file (we've just pasted in project's root)

• Change, FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php'; to FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php';

All Done!!!

Badalona

Answer 9

create a .htaccess file in /public with :

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

Antipathetic

Answer 10

Step 1: In public/ directory, copy index.php and .htaccess to your root project directory.

Step 2: In the root project directory, open index.php and edit the following line:

change:

$pathsPath = FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';

change TO

($pathsPath = FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php';)

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Ruff

Answer 11

have you tried this:

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /yoursite.com/
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/index.php/$1 [L]

Sandisandidge

Answer 12

I was able to "solve" the problem in my hostinger server in one project. After I created a new project with a newer version of codeigniter 4 I realized that I could no longer use the same solution and after hours of research I found a very simple solution.

What I did is I changed the root directory to be the public folder using the .htaccess that is located at the root folder of the project.

#RewriteEngine on
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com$ [NC,OR]
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com$
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !public/
#RewriteRule (.*) /public/$1 [L]

Using that trick I could load my codeigniter 4 in a live server without any problem. Actually, I used this to configure a codeigniter 4 project inside a subdomain.

Haydeehayden

Answer 13

change the index.php =>

require realpath(FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php') ?: FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';

to

require realpath(FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php') ?: FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php';

Statius

Answer 14

Go to app/Config/App.php and find public $indexPage = 'index.php';. Remove index.php from this public variable and that's it.

Inessential

This solution has already been proposed before. Stay vigilant when posting answers to old questions... – Importation

Answer 15

To solve the above issue removing public/index.php from url then you should following those below steps:

1. Copy the index.php and .htaccess files from the public/ directory.

2. Add the files to the root project directory.

3. Change your root project directory index.php file $pathsPath = realpath(FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php'); into $pathsPath = realpath(FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php');

Here is the full code of index.php file:

// Valid PHP Version?
$minPHPVersion = '7.2';
if (phpversion() < $minPHPVersion)
{
    die("Your PHP version must be {$minPHPVersion} or higher to run CodeIgniter. Current version: " . phpversion());
}
unset($minPHPVersion);

// Path to the front controller (this file)
define('FCPATH', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

// Location of the Paths config file.
// This is the line that might need to be changed, depending on your folder structure.
$pathsPath = realpath(FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php');
// ^^^ Change this if you move your application folder

/*
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * BOOTSTRAP THE APPLICATION
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * This process sets up the path constants, loads and registers
 * our autoloader, along with Composer's, loads our constants
 * and fires up an environment-specific bootstrapping.
 */

// Ensure the current directory is pointing to the front controller's directory
chdir(__DIR__);

// Load our paths config file
require $pathsPath;
$paths = new Config\Paths();

// Location of the framework bootstrap file.
$app = require rtrim($paths->systemDirectory, '/ ') . '/bootstrap.php';

/*
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * LAUNCH THE APPLICATION
 *---------------------------------------------------------------
 * Now that everything is setup, it's time to actually fire
 * up the engines and make this app do its thang.
 */
$app->run();

Ringdove

Answer 16

In CodeIgniter version 4.2 or above you have to follow 3 steps:

1st Step: Go to this folder

App -> config -> app.php

Update base_url with your project folder name like we do in Codeigniter 3 Like this:

public $baseURL = 'http://localhost/your_project_name/';

In case if setup ci 4 using composer then you have this type of base_url which you need to change with the above defined base_url:

public $baseURL = 'http://localhost:8080';

2nd Step: Go to public folder and copy index.php and .htaccess files (remember copy them not cut them form here) Then paste them on root directory

Note: Same as we remove index.php in Codeigniter 3 by creating .htaccess file on the root folder and paste related code on `.htaccess' file.

3rd Step: Replace root folders .htaccess file code with this:

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

Then open root folders index.php file and check line 20 or this line:

require FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';

and remove ../ from it like this:

require FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php';

In case you created css js folder in public folder and connected them using base_url on views/header.php views/footer.php or views/index.php then might be it occurs problems and don't get these files because of related problems:

When we use bootstrap cdn it gives this syntax which we made local like this but because of id="bootstrap-style" this it occurs problem so remove this form this line:

<link href="<?php echo base_url();?>/public/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css" id="bootstrap-style" />

Also form other css linked file remove this type="text/css" or any id="" it occures problem.

The right way to add css link is to define rel="stylesheet" on link like this:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url();?>/public/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css" />

In my case I got bootstrap and css related problems.

Monadnock