Remove index.php without setting $config['index_page'] to empty string [SOLVED]

[eluser]cseguin[/eluser]
Hi all,

I'm working on a app that is behaving correctly on the hosting but I'm not able to replicate this behaviour locally.

Let me explain:

Without touching anything in the code

Code:

http://127.0.0.1/item/2

returns a 404 and...

Code:

http://127.0.0.1/index.php/item/2

works fine

On the hosting

Code:

http://www.onlineshop.com/item/2

works fine.

The question is, why? Why does it work fine on the server and not in my machine?

in config.php

Code:

$config['base_url']    = "http://zeus/shoponline";
$config['index_page'] = "index.php";

here I have made the following modification:

Code:

$config['base_url']    = "http://127.0.0.1";

and the .htaccess file looks like this:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]


# BEGIN Compress text files
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  <FilesMatch "\.(css|js|x?html?|php)$">
    SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
# END Compress text files

# BEGIN Expire headers
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 604800 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 600 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml "access plus 600 seconds"
</IfModule>
# END Expire headers

# BEGIN Cache-Control Headers
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  <FilesMatch "\.(ico|jpe?g|png|gif|swf)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
  </FilesMatch>
  <FilesMatch "\.(css)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
  </FilesMatch>
  <FilesMatch "\.(js)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=216000, private"
  </FilesMatch>
  <FilesMatch "\.(x?html?|php)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600, private, must-revalidate"
  </FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
# END Cache-Control Headers

# BEGIN Turn ETags Off
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header unset ETag
</IfModule>
FileETag None
# END Turn ETags Off

# BEGIN Remove Last-Modified Header
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header unset Last-Modified
</IfModule>
# END Remove Last-Modified Header

I've through all docs available about the subject and always mention to set index_page to empty string for this to work.

Obviously there has to be another way. Does anyone know how is it done?

Thanks.