Unable to remove index.php on IIS 10

I have had no luck removing index.php from site's URL. I'm upgrading to 3.1.9 from 2.1.4, and any URL rewrite I try in my web.config file gives me a 500 error. My setup is:

• Windows Server 2016
  
• IIS 10
  
• PHP 7.1
  

In addition, the only way to get any controller to load, besides my default controller, is to make the following adjustment in my config.php file: 

Code:

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

I got that from the Codeigniter troubleshooting page. https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/i...oting.html

Any help on either issue would be greatly appreciated.

@travdog95,

Try this ... https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/g...x-php-file

@travdog95,

Try this ... https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/g...x-php-file

I appreciate the response, but this is the first place I went. The URL rewrite on this page refers to Apache. I have it working correctly in my existing environments (see below), but I need to upgrade OS, IIS, SQL Server, PHP and Codeigniter.

Current Environment:

• Windows Server 2012
  
• IIS 7
  
• PHP 5.3
  
• CodeIgniter 2.1.4
  

New Environment

• Windows Server 2016
  
• IIS 10
  
• PHP 7.1
  
• CodeIgniter 3.1.9
  

The web.config file on my current environment doesn't work on the new one. And anything I've found searching the Internet hasn't worked either.

Hi, can you post your web.config?

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
   <system.webServer>

       <defaultDocument>
           <files>
               <remove value="index.htm" />
               <remove value="Default.htm" />
               <remove value="Default.asp" />
               <remove value="iisstart.htm" />
               <add value="index.php" />
           </files>
       </defaultDocument>
       <rewrite>
           <rules>
               <rule name="Remove Index.php" stopProcessing="true">
                   <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                   <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                       <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                       <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                   </conditions>
                   <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:1}" />
               </rule>
           </rules>
       </rewrite>
   </system.webServer>
</configuration>

I think I need to solve my URI_PROTOCOL problem first. Without setting $config['index_page'] = "index.php?", I can't get any page to load except the default page. Like the documentation says, I've rotated through all the possible options for URI Protocol, but none of them work. I was using "Auto" in my old environments.

Code:

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| URI PROTOCOL
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This item determines which server global should be used to retrieve the
| URI string.  The default setting of 'REQUEST_URI' works for most servers.
| If your links do not seem to work, try one of the other delicious flavors:
|
| 'REQUEST_URI'    Uses $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
| 'QUERY_STRING'   Uses $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']
| 'PATH_INFO'      Uses $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']
|
| WARNING: If you set this to 'PATH_INFO', URIs will always be URL-decoded!
*/
$config['uri_protocol']    = 'REQUEST_URI';

Because none of these options worked, I added a "?" to my index.php as recommended by the troubleshooting page: https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/i...oting.html

This is my web.config file.
Place it in the root, it's working for me with ISS with sql-server 2014 and 1016

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <clear />
                <rule name="MainFolder" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
                    <match url="*"/>
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true"/>
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true"/>
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php"/>
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Hi, try this one instead.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
   <system.webServer>
       <defaultDocument>
           <files>
               <remove value="index.htm" />
               <remove value="Default.htm" />
               <remove value="Default.asp" />
               <remove value="iisstart.htm" />
               <add value="index.php" />
           </files>
       </defaultDocument>
       <rewrite>
           <rules>
               <rule name="Remove Index.php" stopProcessing="true">
                   <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                   <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                       <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                       <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                       <add input="{URL}" pattern="^/favicon.ico$" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                   </conditions>
                   <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true" />
               </rule>
           </rules>
       </rewrite>
   </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Thanks @jreklund and @snelledre. I'll give those a try later today. Any thoughts on my URI Segment issue?

appendQueryString="true" in my web.config should solve that one.