.htaccess / apache problem in URI routing?

[eluser]SitesByJoe[/eluser]
I concur that it's your mod_rewrite. Here's what I use.

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|public|tmp|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Almost the same, but the order of the lines does make a difference - I run the file checks first.