Codeigniter: 404 on existing controller

Question

When I set $route['default_controller'] to 'blog', CI opens my controller without problems. When I want to access it via URL, CI returns a 404.

My controller:

<?php
defined('BASEPATH') OR exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Blog extends CI_Controller {

    public function index()
    {
        echo 'Hello World!';
    }
}

Saved at

application/controllers/Blog.php

Some other config things:

$route['default_controller'] = 'blog';
$route['404_override'] = '';
$config['base_url'] = '';

URL I try to use:

http://localhost:63342/project/public_html/blog/

.htaccess to hide index.php

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

How can I fix this issue? I tried a lot of solutions from similar questions without success

Remove that slash in front of the index.php in your RewriteRule ... it's redirecting to your webroot. — Narf
– Narf, Commented Feb 6, 2016 at 14:58
Yes, I suspected that alone wouldn't solve your problem, which is why I only left it as a comment ... But that surely is a part of the issue. Either way, it's nothing to do with CodeIgniter; you only need to tackle .htaccess and/or your Apache configuration. — Narf
– Narf, Commented Feb 6, 2016 at 15:03
Alright. I tried it without .htaccess too by using localhost:63342/project/public_html/index.php/blog which also gave me a 404 — TheAlexLichter
– TheAlexLichter, Commented Feb 6, 2016 at 15:09
try to add die("I am here"); in your index function and check. — urfusion
– urfusion, Commented Feb 6, 2016 at 15:28

WebArch · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-06 15:28:15Z

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If your project is in project folder in main directory of the local server, change your address to:

http://localhost:63342/project/blog

You configured that page as your default controller, so it should work even by:

http://localhost:63342/project

edited Feb 6, 2016 at 15:28

answered Feb 6, 2016 at 15:22

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TheAlexLichter Over a year ago

My index.php lies in project/public_html, so the address is correct. As mentioned in my question [When I set $route['default_controller'] to 'blog', CI opens my controller without problems.] it work's when I open localhost:63342/project/public_html, but not on direct URL call

WebArch Over a year ago

Your project should be in the main folder(root) of the website not public_html. If you using xampp as your local web server your project(which contains files like application index and htaccess) should be in: xampp/htdocs/project/

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