htaccess remove index.php rule not correct

looking at ci-3 documentation for removing the need for the index.php in the URL, I don't think the rule is correct.

Documentation page with bad-rule: 
https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide3/g...x-php-file 

the rule shown is (bad-rule): RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]    
It should: (good-rule)     : RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]  

I found the good-rule here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20169...p-problems

For some reason bad-rule worked locally on an xamp server but when I uploaded to live site it failed. The good-rule works in both locations.  

Please update the documentation.
I hope this helps somebody.                

I could be mistaken, but wouldn't the question mark in your rule apply only to query parameters, as opposed to segment based routing?

Disclaimer: IANAL, nor am I an htaccess wizard.

good thought ciadmin

I also am not an htaccess wizard. Apparently the rule is some kind of regEx. I don't understand it.

I just reconfirmed the change.
Removed the question mark and got;
"No input file specified."
Put the question mark back and the site is working fine.

Not sure why but it worked for me.

Thanks

The question sign has been commented already, search the forum archive.

Searched forum; 
Found at least these two that seem to support having question mark in the htaccess rule.
http://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-1014...stion+mark
http://forum.codeigniter.com/thread-1514...stion+mark

Seems myself and others have more success with the question mark added.

Thanks

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