htaccess issue

[eluser]RandyCram[/eluser]
Alright so this is my first time using CodeIgniter. I successfully installed it and i am now reading the general topics section.

I am on the URL section and I am working on removing the index.php file however whenever i create the .htaccess i get an internal server error.

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

any idea what might be causing this?

Thanks in advance :coolhmm: