Remove /index.php/ from the URL with .htaccess

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To note, I've found similar questions on StackOverflow but they have not worked as I need.

I have a URL such as:

http://www.example.com/index.php/test

I'd like to remove the index.php directory, so if the above is entered it would go to:

http://www.example.com/test

This appears to work

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,L]

However if the url is:

http://www.example.com/index.php?option=example

It turns into

http://www.example.com/?option=example

So index.php should only be removed if it's a directory like in my first example.

Also if you type in for instance:

http://www.test.example.com/index.php/index.php/dfd

It should go to

http://www.test.example.com/dfd

Amine Hajyoussef · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 16:16:06Z

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the rules below will:

not apply for /index.php?o=a
redirect /index.php/index.php/dfd to /dfd
redirect /index.php/index.php/dfd?a=b to /dfd?a=b
redirect /index.php/index.php?a=b to /index.php?a=b

.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .+  
RewriteRule ^index\.php(/index\.php)+/?$ /index.php [R=302,L,QSA,NC]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !index\.php/?$
RewriteRule ((^|/)index\.php)+/?(.*)$ /$3 [R=302,L,QSA,NC]

edited Jun 27, 2013 at 16:16

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 14:43

Amine Hajyoussef

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TechRemarker Over a year ago

Looks very close to working as needed. When I try this for example: example.com/index.php/index.php?option=random it doesn't remove the /index.php/ That url should go to example.com/index.php?option=random Otherwise your solution seems perfect.

TechRemarker Over a year ago

Thanks for the quick response. When using the updated code the site 500s.

TechRemarker Over a year ago

To note I think the actual error it's putting in the log if it helps is: Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.

TechRemarker Over a year ago

Thanks, it no longer 500s, but the other item still happens. "When I try this for example: example.com/index.php/index.php?option=random it doesn't remove the /index.php/ That url should go to example.com/index.php?option=random "

TechRemarker Over a year ago

Just to note, tried the latest updated version and while the issue from the last comment now works, the other items don't know such as going to example.com/index.php/eee goes to example.com/index.php/ rather than example.com/eee . Sorry to be a pain. If it's not dooable the original option you posted is pretty close and I can just hope that the other use case doesn't happen.

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