can't remove index.php no matter what i try, htaccess or javascript method

Question

So I have been trying to remove the index.php from my url and haven't been successful

I have tried these methods

.htaccess

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

javascript

window.location.href.replace('index.php', '');

my url looks like this still www.example.com/index.php

My site works if I go to www.example.com and loads in the index.php and won't show it, thats normal behavior. But if I type in it in with the /index.php the js or htaccess won't erase and just show www.example.com

I'm not sure what to try....

samshull · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-19 15:24:41Z

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From your question I am assuming that you want to redirect to example.com/ from example.com/index.php?

Redirect to root:

RewriteRule ^index.php$ / [R=302,L]

answered Feb 19, 2011 at 15:24

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Eli Over a year ago

i pretty much want to get rid of the index.php from any reference of ever showing up in the URL bar ;_)

samshull Over a year ago

@s2xi why are you linking to /index.php then? Why don't you just link to /? The redirect flag (R=302) should solve your problem in either case.

Eli Over a year ago

I'm not linking, but I wanted to see if in the event that I typed in www.example.com/index.php that index.php will be removed.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:13:44Z

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RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

Actually does not remove index.php from URL, but adds it. You should use something like that:

RewriteRule ^index\.php\?(.*)$ /$1 [L]

As for javascript location.href is a string and string's method replace returns changed value, it doesn't modify the string in-place. Thus in js you can use something like this:

location = location.href.replace('index.php', '');

window may be ommited unless you use this code in some local context, where another variable with name location exists. And location = ... is equivalent to location.href = ...
If you want current URL (with "index.php") not to be saved in browsing history, you may use this:

var newURL = location.href.replace('index.php', '');
location.replace(newURL);

Again: location.href is a string, while location itself is an object. It's replace method is a different thing.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.location#Methods

In general I'd prefer rewrite for this, but https://serverfault.com/ is better place to ask about rewrite rules.

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answered Feb 19, 2011 at 11:53

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5 Comments

Eli Over a year ago

the js is used in this context $(window).bind('hashchange')... let me try the RewriteRule

Eli Over a year ago

heh, its an odd i tried the js method and it kept on looping my site

kirilloid Over a year ago

Because js removes index.php from URL and your third rule RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L] adds it back.

Eli Over a year ago

yes, I thought of that :_) I had removed the htaccess before trying the js method. Thats why i was a little confused

kirilloid Over a year ago

Have you wrapped code for location into some if condition? Otherwise js will execute that code evey page load, which result in problem, you describe.

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