Removing index.php from URL in CodeIgniter on Mandriva - php

Question

I developed a project which uses CodeIgniter on Windows OS. The project works fine on XAMPP (Windows) and Linux hosting server (updated .htaccess on server to work). I want to use Open Mandriva for development purpose. If I run the controller using index.php, it works.
I tried many .htaccess rules examples, links. But controller is not loading.
I tried: Cannot remove index.php from CodeIgniter URL, CodeIgniter removing index.php from url and
this external link, and many other links.
.htaccess code on Windows machine
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|resources|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
.htaccess code on Linux hosting server
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
Both are not working on Open Mandriva.
.htaccess path
/srv/www/html/ci/
The page gives:
404 error, and Object not found!
The file system path to my project is
/srv/www/html/ci/application/controllers/
and on browser:
localhost/ci/branch
Project works if I add index.php like
localhost/ci/index.php/branch
Is it having any relation with http server config? Do I need to install any package. Also I tried some commands for apache rewrite engine. But I get error as unknown command.

Answer 1

Check if rewrite engine is enabled.
If not, enable rewrite engine and restart server.
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart
Go to
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf - for Mandriva
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf - for Ubuntu
Change AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All
Code block:
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All
Restart Apache(httpd) service.
No changes required in config.php or anywhere else.
.htaccess code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|resources|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]

Answer 2

Please try the following:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /ci/
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|resources|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L,QSA]
Then, in config.php:
$config['index_page'] = "";
$config['uri_protocol'] = "REQUEST_URI";
Please ensure that your .htaccess is located in the same directory as your index.php.