Categories: Magento

Remove index.php from url in magento

How to remove index.php from url in magento

Ans :

If you want to access your magento URL without index.php

for example:

http://domain.com/index.php/category

to

http://domain.com/category

then use the following steps

1) Login to admin section by using the URL

http://domain.com/index.php/admin

2) then go to “System >>  Configuration >>Web >> Search Engines Optimization”
Use Web Server Rewrites : YES

3) Go to “System >>  Configuration >>Web >>Secure”

Use secure URL Frontend: YES

4)Then create the .htaccess file under your the magento installed folder.

If the magento installed under document root ( /home/username/public_html) then add follogig rules into .htaccess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

and If the magento installed under /shop or directory then add the following rules into ” /home/username/public_html/shop/.htaccess ” file.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /shop/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /shop/index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Done


Vishwajit Kale
Vishwajit Kale blazed onto the digital marketing scene back in 2015 and is the digital marketing strategist of Hostripples, a company that aims to provide affordable web hosting solutions. Vishwajit is experienced in digital and content marketing along with SEO. He's fond of writing technology blogs, traveling and reading.

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