Custom URL rewriting not working in codeigniter

Question

I use the code below in a Codeigniter htaccess file

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)-vacation$ /search?location=$1

When i access it with the url www.example.com/moscow-vacation, it gives me a 404 error.

I have used the above htaccess code in a core php application. It works fine there.

Answer 1

Most likely, you don't have a search script. If the script is named search.php, you can use this slightly modified rule

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)-vacation$ /search.php?location=$1

If you have a controller named Search with a method location, you can either rewrite directly to

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)-vacation$ index.php/search/location/$1

or try

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)-vacation$ search/location/$1