Codeigniter 4: Cannot access the page with apache mode_rewrite - php

Question

I installed Codeigniter 4.0.0.rc3 on my local computer using Wampserver and created a 'people' controller. I can access the page using this address:
http://127.0.0.1/election/index.php/people
But not without 'index.php':
http://127.0.0.1/election/people
And this is the error:
The requested URL /Projects/Web/election/public/index.php/people was not found on this server.
.htaccess is in the public directory and is working because the error shows index.php in the path.
This is my htaccess:
# Disable directory browsing
Options All -Indexes
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Rewrite engine
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Turning on the rewrite engine is necessary for the following rules and features.
# FollowSymLinks must be enabled for this to work.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
# If you installed CodeIgniter in a subfolder, you will need to
# change the following line to match the subfolder you need.
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase
# RewriteBase /
# Redirect Trailing Slashes...
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]
# Rewrite "www.example.com -> example.com"
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
# such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
# request to the front controller, index.php
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|assets|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
# Ensure Authorization header is passed along
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
ErrorDocument 404 index.php
</IfModule>
# Disable server signature start
ServerSignature Off
# Disable server signature end
UPDATE: This htacces is working perfectly on a Linux Host but not working with Wampserver on Windows 10

Answer 1

In linux apache2 the following works, should be applicable to wampp's apache as well:
Make sure mode_rewrite is enabled
Edit your public .htaccess file as follows:
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
to
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]
(would appreciate if someone explains the QSA statement)
In app/Config/App.php edit:
public $indexPage = 'index.php';
to
public $indexPage = '';

Answer 2

I had to play around a lot before I figured it out, but I had installed CodeIgniter in a subfolder. (I access the website via http://127.0.0.1/myapp/).
I had configured the $baseURL parameter in the config file, but I kept getting that apache error. Just like you, if I added the /index.php in the URL, all my routes were working fine.
In /public/.htaccess, The QSA option didn't help, but this section just above did:
# If you installed CodeIgniter in a subfolder, you will need to
# change the following line to match the subfolder you need.
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase
RewriteBase /myapp/
Adding this allow mod_rewrite to work fine. Obviously you need to change /myappp/ to what your virtual subfolder is, in order for it to match the subfolder portion of the $baseURL parameter in Config/App.php
Hope this help !