How to remove domainname.com/index.php/photos from URL

Question

How to remove domainname.com/index.php/photos from the pyrocms URL. I tried to remove index.php from $config['index_page'] = 'index.php';. But it does not work. Can anyone help please. Is there anything i have to do during the installation time.?

Answer 1

You will have to use an .htaccess file in the root folder too (if you are using apache or php built-in webserver).

Here is the one I use: https://gist.github.com/taiar/2424263

Here is the reference from the oficial docs: https://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/urls.html