CodeIgniter remove index.php from href

Question

In a CodeIgniter App

this link works

<a href="index.php/controller">link</a>

while this one doesn't

<a href="controller">link</a>

What's wrong with configuration? What has to be changed in order links work without "index.php/" at the beginning?

This is done without success:

1) added to application/routes.php

$route['(:any)'] = 'controller';

2) added to application/.htaccess

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

<Files "index.php">
AcceptPathInfo On
</Files>

3) uncommented in etc/apache2/httpd.conf

LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

Answer 1

First of all you should blank the

$config['index_page'] = '';

in config config.php Then write the following code in .htaccess placed in your project's main directory.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>