Remove index.php of Codeigniter on IIS? - windows

Question

I understand I can remove the 'index.php' part of the url with the following web.config code:
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Rule" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
<add input="{URL}" pattern="^/favicon.ico$" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
Problem is I have CI installed in a sub-directory (mydomain.com/codeigniter) and I'm having trouble understanding the web.config file.
Do you know how to change this so it works for a sub-directory?

Answer 1

I have WordPress in the root directory and my CodeIgniter application in a sub-directory. I create a similar web.config like yours and save it in the sub-directory. My CI app doesn't need the index.php in url any more.
At first, I add my sub-directory in the <action url="myapp/index.php/{R:1}"...> and wish it could be restricted to look into the sub-directory only but fails. I remove the sub-directory and leave it to original but move the web.config to the subdirectory and it works.
Therefore, I think maybe you may create two web.config files with different rules and saves them in different directory.
Another note might help: enable the error message to output the detail from IIS. I use the tricks to find out how IIS looks for my files. It is <httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />, <asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>, and the <system.web> section as below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
<asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="RuleRemoveIndex" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true"/>
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<compilation debug="true"/>
</system.web>
</configuration>

Answer 2

Make web.config put in the root directory.
User code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" />
<asp scriptErrorSentToBrowser="true"/>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="RuleRemoveIndex" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
<conditions>
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true"/>
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
<system.web>
<customErrors mode="Off"/>
<compilation debug="true"/>
</system.web>