How to remove index php from URLs

Question

All of my URLs on my Magento installation require index php in them  like   http   example com index php admin  http   example com index php customer account login    The problem is that the system by default links to URLs like  http   example com admin  http   example com customer account login    Which look prettier anyway  I assume this is a rewrite issue in  htaccess  but as tinkering with that in the past has given me 500s  I d like to ask you guys first   Changing the SEO settings  flushing the configuration cache  and reindexing URLs did not work as suggested here

User · Accepted Answer

This may be old  but I may as well write what I ve learned down  So anyway I did it this way   ----------   Before you start  make sure the Apache rewrites module is enabled and then follow the steps below   1  Log-in to your Magento administration area then go to System   Configuration   Web    2  Navigate to the Unsecure and Secure tabs  Make sure the Unsecured and Secure - Base Url options have your domain name within it  and do not leave the forward slash off at the end of the URL  Example  http   www yourdomain co uk   3  While still on the Web page  navigate to Search Engine Optimisation tab and select YES underneath the Use Web Server Rewrites option   4  Navigate to the Secure tab again  if not already on it  and select Yes on the Use Secure URLs in Front-End option   5  Now go to the root of your Magento website folder and use this code for your  htaccess    lt IfModule mod rewrite c gt  RewriteEngine On RewriteBase   RewriteRule  index  php  -  L  RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -f RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -d RewriteRule    index php  L   lt  IfModule gt    Save the  htaccess and replace the original file   PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR ORIGINAL  htaccess FILE BEFORE MESSING WITH IT      6  Now go to System   Cache Management and select all fields and make sure the Actions dropdown is set on Refresh  then submit   This will of-course refresh the Cache    ----------   If this did not work please follow these extra steps   7  Go to System   Configuration   web again  This time look for the Current Configuration Scope and select your website from the dropdown menu   This is of course  it is set to Default Config   8  Make sure the Unsecure and Secure fields contain the same domain as the previous Default Config file   9  Navigate to the Search Engines Optimisation tab and select Yes underneath the Use Web Server Rewrites section   10  Once the URLs are the same  and the rewrite is enabled save that page  then go back and make sure they are all checked as default  then save again if needed   11  Repeat step 6   Now your index php problem should be fixed and all should be well     I hope this helps  and good luck

User · Answer

Mainly If you are using Linux Based system Like  Ubuntu  and this is only suggested for localhost user not for the server    Follow all the steps mentioned in the previous answers      Check in Apache configuration for it   AllowOverride All  If AllowOverride value is none then change it to All and restart apache again    lt Directory  var www  gt      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks     AllowOverride All     Require all granted  lt  Directory gt    Let me know if this step help anyone  As it can save you time if you find it earlier     I am adding the exact lines from my htaccess file in localhost  for your reference   Around line number 110   lt IfModule mod rewrite c gt                                                   enable rewrites  Options  FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on                                                  you can put here your magento root folder    path relative to web root   RewriteBase    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase   RewriteRule  index  php  -  L  RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -f RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -d RewriteRule    index php  L    Images are for some user who understand easily from image the from the text

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How about this in your  htaccess   RewriteEngine On RewriteBase   RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -f RewriteCond   REQUEST FILENAME   -d RewriteRule        index php  1  L

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You have to enable mod rewrite in apache to make clean urls to work  if mod rewrite is not in phpinfo you have to install it by  sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo apache2ctl -l   You need to replace the occurrence of AllowOverride none to AllowOverride all   in  etc apache2 sites-enabled 000-default   Restart Apache  sudo service apache2 restart   In Magento   s admin go to System  gt  Configuration  gt  Web  gt  search engine Optimization and change    Use Web Server Rewrites    to Yes

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Follow the below steps it will helps you   step 1  Go to to your site root folder and you can find the  htaccess file there  Open it with a text editor and find the line  RewriteBase  magento   Just replace it with  RewriteBase   take out just the  magento     step 2  Then go to your admin panel and enable the Rewrites set yes for Use Web Server Rewrites   You can find it at System- Configuration- Web- Search Engine Optimization   step 3  Then go to Cache management page  system cache management   and refresh your cache and refresh to check the site

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I tried everything on the post but nothing had worked  I then changed the  htaccess snippet that ErJab put up to read   RewriteRule         folder name  index php  1  L    The above line fixed it for me  where  folder name  is the magento root folder   Hope this helps

User · Answer

If the other solutions don t work for you  try this   Step 1   if your installation is in webroot   Replace       RewriteBase  magento    with      RewriteBase     Step 2   Add following lines  inclusive exclude admin because backend needs index php internally   RewriteCond   THE REQUEST      index php RewriteRule      index php  http   www yourdomain com  1  R 301 L  RewriteRule  index php  admin user       -  L  RewriteRule  index php       1  R 301 QSA L    right after    RewriteRule    index php  L     This works for me  In case it is still not working  double check Magento configuration  System- Configuration- Web- Search Engine Optimization  Rewrites must be enabled

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Hi I m late to the party   just wanted to point out that the instructions from http   davidtsadler com archives 2012 06 03 how-to-install-magento-on-ubuntu  were really useful   I had Ubuntu server installed with Apache  MySql and Php so I thought I could jump to  the heading Creating the directory from which Magento will be served from and I reached the same problem as the OP  i e  I had  index php  needed in all the URLs  or I would get 404 not found   I then went back to Installing and configuring the Apache HTTP server and after restarting apache it works perfectly   For reference  I was missing   sudo bash -c  cat  gt  gt   etc apache2 conf d servername conf  lt  lt EOF ServerName localhost EOF        and  sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo service apache2 restart   Hope this helps

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