mod_rewrite : Getting rid of index.php in the URI

[eluser]harmstra[/eluser]
Not a question, but an answer.

I've been trying to get rid of the index.php part in the URI.
I've tried all kinds of different mod_rewrite rules, but nothing seemed to work.
Lots of threads on this board talk about this issue, so lots of people struggle with it.

After reading tons of posts, I came upon THE post.

So here's the solution. You need to set $config['index_page'] in the conifg.php
Default setting is:

$config['index_page'] = "index.php";

change it to

$config['index_page'] = "";