Show 404 Page When User Types index.php within URL

[eluser]fjamal[/eluser]
I need to show 404 page when user types index.php within the URL as:

http://localhost:8080/site_name/index.php/home

I add this in routes.php

Code:

$route['index.php/(:any)'] = 'custom404';

It didn't help.

I have the htaccess that allows me to remove index.php from url, but i also want to show 404 page in case user types index.php in URL manaully.

Any suggestions?

My htaccess:

Code:

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

[eluser]Aken[/eluser]
I'd suggest not doing it in the first place.

[eluser]fjamal[/eluser]
[quote author="Aken" date="1344672560"]I'd suggest not doing it in the first place. [/quote]

May i know why you don't recommend it?

[eluser]fjamal[/eluser]
I might just use redirect via htaccess; the right solution.

[eluser]Aken[/eluser]
If you ever need to disable your .htaccess rewrite that removes index.php, you'll need index.php to work so you can actually see your website still.

A redirect is an option, but if you don't link people to index.php in the first place, they'll never know the URL exists, unless they randomly punch it into their browser.