$config['index_page'] to always include ?

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Your concerns are valid reminders of how unforgiving hosting environments can be. Fortunatly we are re-factoring an existing application into the CI framework and much is know about the current install base of the program.

There is will indeed be some configuration required by installers but that will be hopefully limited to editing database.php with the appropriate connectivity settings. This is facilitated with setup controller that performs limited diagnostics and guides the installer to getting the framework up and running.

If adding some logic to the config.php file can reduce a percentage of install errors that directly translates into fewer tech support requests. Along those lines I would like to investigate the possiblity of some sort of active error control that could test the various URI PROTOCALS and select one that agrees with the server. Far from there yet but it is being looked at.