Using htaccess to get rid of /index.php link?

Question

I can open my site like this:

www.mysite.com

or like this:

www.mysite.com/index.php

I want to create a htaccess rule that redirects www.mysite.com/index.php to www.mysite.com. But all my attempts have other side effects. I've tried:

Redirect index.php    home.php
RewriteRule    ^index.php?$    home.php    [NC,L]
RewriteRule    ^index.php/?$    redirect_to_home.php    [NC,L]

But all of these mess up the original index.php call. So it does redirect but then the normal mysite.com link doesnt work anymore.

Any ideas?

RavinderSingh13 · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-21 14:31:56Z

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Could you please try following.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} index\.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*/)index\.php$
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]

Explanation:

Making RewriteEngine On to make the rules work.
Mentioning condition by RewriteCond to REQUEST_FILENAME which checks if mentioned file in browser is present.
Then checking if THE_REQUEST which has complete details of request(including URL and GET/POST method) if it has index.php in it.
Now checking if REQUEST_URI is having index\.php in requested url, where saving everything before it to temp buffer memory to retrive its value later(basically its domain name).
Finally in RewriteRule to redirect complete URL with index.php to till domain name only as per requirement(R=301 is for permanent redirection on browser side).

edited Oct 21, 2020 at 14:31

answered Oct 21, 2020 at 14:26

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anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-21 14:22:10Z

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Use this redirect rule to remove /index.php from any path:

RewriteEngine On

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

answered Oct 21, 2020 at 14:22

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