codeigniter on xampp wants me to use index.php in uri - codeigniter

Question

I have a problem with setting up a local testing environment using codeigniter and an already existing code.
Well, the problem is, that I can't open a page, without having "index.php" in my URL. So, "test.mydomain.local/index.php/search" works fine while "test.mydomain.local/search" does not. But all links in the code, excluding the action-URLs in form-tags, doesn't have this "index.php" in the URL.
How can I solve the problem, that codeigniter or the xampp need this "index.php" in the URL? Do I need to change something in my code or maybe in .htaccess?
Here is my config.php
$config['base_url'] = "http://test.mydomain.local/";
$config['index_page'] = "index.php";
$config['uri_protocol'] = "AUTO";
Well, this code forces the "index.php" in the action-URL in form tags. But actually I dont want to have this index.php in any URL. So that my config.php should look like this, I guess:
$config['base_url'] = "http://test.mydomain.local/";
$config['index_page'] = "";
$config['uri_protocol'] = "AUTO";
Here is the .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
### force www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) h t t p : / / w w w . m y d o m a i n . c o m/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.local [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) h t t p : / / t e s t . d o m a i n . l o c a l/$1 [R=301,L]
### if the is not a request for an existing file or directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
### and the URI does not end with a /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^([^?]*)/($|\?)
### redirect and add the slash.
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) $1/ [L,R=301]
### if the is not a request for an existing file or directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# rewrite to index.php passing the URI as a path, QSA will preserve the existing query string
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
# Submitted by: ElliotHaughin
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>
Can anybody help me? It is driving me nuts!

Answer 1

I use xampp and have found this htaccess is best. Do not for get to put your base url in config/config.php and remove index.
.htaccess
Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
Your config.php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Base Site URL
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| URL to your CodeIgniter root. Typically this will be your base URL,
| WITH a trailing slash:
|
| http://example.com/
|
| If this is not set then CodeIgniter will try guess the protocol, domain
| and path to your installation. However, you should always configure this
| explicitly and never rely on auto-guessing, especially in production
| environments.
|
*/
$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/project name/';
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Index File
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Typically this will be your index.php file, unless you've renamed it to
| something else. If you are using mod_rewrite to remove the page set this
| variable so that it is blank.
|
*/
$config['index_page'] = '';