URL issues going from a Local to Server environment

[eluser]Timothy_[/eluser]
Hello,

I have been developing an application using Codeigniter 1.7.1 using LAMPP on my ubuntu machine.

I have been using a .htaccess file (see below) to remove index.php from the URL.

Moving the application to a server environment however is causing quite a few headaches.

Codeigniter 404's whenever i visit a controller without the index.php (for e.g. http://www.subdomain.domain.com/codeigniter/controller)

Things start working when i place the index.php in (for e.g. http://subdomain.domain.com/codeigniter/...controller)

However this is not good because I don't want index.php to be seen.

I have tried each of the available URI protocols

Code:

$config['uri_protocol']    = "AUTO";

None of them change anything.

My .htaccess looks like this:

Code:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    #Removes access to the system folder by users.
    #Additionally this will allow you to create a System.php controller,
    #previously this would not have been possible.
    #'system' can be replaced if you have renamed your system folder.
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]

    #Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
    #such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
    #request to index.php
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
    # If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
    # can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
    # Submitted by: ElliotHaughin

    ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>

My Code igniter logs look like this:

Code:

DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Config Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Hooks Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> URI Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> No URI present. Default controller set.
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Router Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Output Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Input Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Global POST and COOKIE data sanitized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Language Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Loader Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Config file loaded: config/redux_auth.php
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Config file loaded: config/email.php
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Helper loaded: url_helper
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Helper loaded: form_helper
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Helper loaded: html_helper
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Database Driver Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Session Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Helper loaded: string_helper
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Session routines successfully run
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Email Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Form Validation Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Model Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Controller Class Initialized
DEBUG - 2009-10-05 17:56:09 --> Helper loaded: date_helper

I assume its a .htaccess issue.

If someone has any suggestions I would really appreciate some help.

Thanks

Tim

[eluser]n0xie[/eluser]
Are you sure that mod_rewrite is loaded on the production server?

Also the question mark after your index.php shouldn't be necessary. Try to remove it and see if that helps.

[eluser]Timothy_[/eluser]
Hello nOxie,

Thanks for the reply

mod_rewrite is definetely loaded. I am using it on other live sites.

I tried http://subdomain.domain.com/codeigniter/...controller and that does work.

So where does this leave me now? Could the subdomain be causing problems?

How am I able to get rid of the index.php ?

Thanks again,

Tim

[eluser]n0xie[/eluser]
Is your basepath correctly defined?

Else play around with the .htaccess. Remove the question mark as I said. Then change the uri_protocol around (PATH_INFO is preferred). It's a bit hit or miss with .htaccess depending on how apache is setup...

[eluser]Timothy_[/eluser]
Hello n0xie,

Yes basepath is fine and i tried changing the uri_protocols but none worked.

I have solved this problem by giving it its own subdomain.

Before i had

http://subdomain.domain.com/codeigniterroot/controller

Now i have

http://subdomain.domain.com/controller

and it works great.

Appreciate all your help

Tim