Remove Public/Index.php/ From URL in Codeigniter 4

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Remove public/index.php/ from url in codeigniter 4. In this tutorial, i will show you in detail on how to remove public and index.php from URL in Codeigniter 4 framework.

When you download and setup codeigniter 4 application on your system and server. Then in the new codeigniter 4 application the urls with public/index.php remain bydeault.

You want to keep the urls of your codeigniter 4 application pretty and clean. Or you can say that you want to keep the urls seo-friendly.

So in this tutorial I will teach you how you can remove public /index.php in codeigniter 4 application. You can make end urls seo-friendly.

And

How to remove public/index.php/ from URL in Codeigniter 4

You follow the steps given below to remove public/index.php/ from url in codeigniter 4 apps:

Step 1 – Install Codeigniter 4 App

If you do not know how to install and setup Codeigniter 4. So you can learn this here.

Codeigniter 4 Install / Download using Composer or Manually

Step 2 – Change in App.php File

Now, you need to open app.app file. And the changes mentioned given below.

So, visit codeigniter_4_app/app/Config/App.php and change mention below:

public $baseURL = 'http://localhost:8080';

To

public $baseURL = 'http://localhost/your_project_name/';

And the second change in the app.php file:

public $uriProtocol = 'REQUEST_URI';

To

public $uriProtocol = 'PATH_INFO';

Step 3 – Copy index.php and .htaccess

Visit inside public directory. And copy index.php and .htaccess to codeigniter 4 app root directory.

Step 4 – Change In index.php

After that, you need to visit root project directory, open index.php and modify the following line of code:

 $pathsPath = FCPATH . '../app/Config/Paths.php';

 change TO

 $pathsPath = FCPATH . 'app/Config/Paths.php';

Conclusion

How to remove public/index.php/ from url in codeigniter 4. In this tutorial, you have learned how to remove public and index.php from URL in Codeigniter 4 framework.

Now open your browser and hit any url of your codeigniter 4 app. Then you will see that your codeigniter 4 app has been removed from public /index.php.

For example:

example.com/hello

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