Eliminating the index.php

[eluser]Rowan Wilson[/eluser]
Append a trailing slash on your base_url:

Code:

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost/safememoirs/';

You can even try it without the base_url set.

If that doesn't work can try wrapping your htaccess inside IfModule:

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
# Hide the application and system directories by redirecting the request to index.php
RewriteRule ^(application|system|\.svn) index.php/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

Otherwise, if you are certain mod_rewrite is working, check your apache logs? Looks like a server configuration rather than a CI configuration.