How do I use codeigniter in a subfolder on a server? - php

Question

I have two codeigniter installations under my public_html folder on my server. One is directly under public_html and the other is under public_html/posts_receive.
The instance under public_html is working normal but when I try to access the codeigniter controller inside public_html/posts_receive it shows:
404 Page Not Found
tried url http://www.example.com/posts_receive/index.php/dashboard
To solve this problem I have added an .htaccess file under public_html/posts_receive which contain the following:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /posts_receive
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [L]
</IfModule>
My controller is named dashboard.php and contains the following:
<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Dashboard extends CI_Controller {
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));
$this->load->library("pagination");
}
public function index() {
$config = array();
$data['link_sel']='dashboard';
$data['stats']=$this->fetch_stats();
$this->load->view("header_inc", $data);
$this->load->view("dashboard", $data);
$this->load->view("footer_inc", $data);
}
}
?>
config.php includes:
$config['base_url'] = 'http://www.example.com/posts_receive/';
$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';

Answer 1

You should run both applications from one CodeIgniter base. You will have 2 sub folders in your application folder. Take a look at the documentation: https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide3/general/managing_apps.html
From there on you can create the same index.php file as in your root in your posts_recieve folder and point it to the right application directory. That is how i managed to do it. Otherwise the CodeIgniter instance in your root will think you are navigating to a controller called posts_recieve which does not exists in that application.Hope this helps. Otherwise, just ask when things are unclear.

Answer 2

Inside .htaccess, RewriteBase /posts_receive part is not needed.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [L]
should become
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ./index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
(<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> is a server configuration condition. It means you should have mod_rewrite module installed and active on the web server for these settings to work.)
You could leave empty $config['index_page'] inside config.php:
$config['index_page'] = '';
And you can call the controller without the index.php part:
http://www.example.com/posts_receive/dashboard