Magento

How do i edit the .htaccess file to remove index.php from of my URLs so instead of getting this - http://www.domain.com/INDEX.PHP/category
i get this - http://www.domain.com/category

Cheers.

I guess you should use apache url_rewrite, but be careful!

yah how do i do the apache rewrite. kinda need some details about it like a working code.

I enabled URL rewrites in the admin and the index.php no longer shows up in the frontend.

Me too.

Windows XAMPP installation. Magento 1.1 Beta.

System/Configuration/Web: Use Web Server Rewrites YES.

It worked for me.

I fix it:

http://mysite.com/index.php/category by http://mysite.com/category

go to :
1) System
2) Configuration
3) Web:
secure:
Use secure URL Frontend: YES

4) edit:
http://mysite.com/.htaccess

############################################
## you can put here your magento root folder
## path relative to web root

RewriteBase /

############################################

I tried AddictDownload.com’s solution and made it 1/2 way there…

1.) Set “Use secure URL Frontend: YES”

2.) Set the RewriteBase / like above.

I also have “Use Web Server Rewrites: YES” in Admin>confinguration>web

The links still show up as http://magento.YOURDOMAIN.com/index.php/living-room/living-room-accessories BUT....if I remove the index.php from the URL I just mentioned, it works as well.  So, this URL works as well http://magento.YOURDOMAIN.com/living-room/living-room-accessories.

The problem is all the links throughout the site still have the “index.php” in them.  Any ideas on how I get the links throughout the site to NOT include “index.php”.

AddictDownload.com; thanks

Thanks AddictDownload.com. The .htaccess addition of

RewriteBase /

I tried AddictDownload.com’s solution and made it 1/2 way there…

1.) Set “Use secure URL Frontend: YES”

2.) Set the RewriteBase / like above.

I also have “Use Web Server Rewrites: YES” in Admin>confinguration>web

I did all that but STILL can;t get my site working without /index.php/ after my root and before my category.

I\m going to dump the whole thing after thre months of fiddling and go to Zen Cart if I can;t get this sorted. ANyone got any ideas?

well the same happened to me… any solutions??

Hi all.

Looking to reopen this URL rewrite problem....

My site is using PHP 5.2.6 and I’m also unable to remove index.php following these steps.

Is it possible that the htaccess Rewrite codes may be different under PHP 5.2.6?

Braniac solutions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
websitebob

I take it i’m the only one that actually prefers the index.php being there. One question though, will enabling URL rewrites make my shop any faster?

Thanks,

Martyn

URL rewrites requires the AllowOveride directive be set to All in order for apache 2 to load .htaccess, which takes time, and so will make a shop slower, in theory anyway. But it doesn’t seem to make noticeable difference to me with the rewrite on or off.

More information on removing index.php from the URL is available in this thread http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/22199/

Thanks a lot Addict Download for this : RewriteBase /
It solved my issue