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

[eluser]bretticus[/eluser]
The following config item:

Code:

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

...probably just facilitates calls to base_url() and anchor() etc.. Because mod_rewrite is rewriting URLs internally, the config change shouldn't be a factor in getting 404 errors.

Are you absolutely certain you have mod rewrite enabled on your local machine? You can check with phpinfo().