title: How to remove index.php in codeigniter when changing root directory?
body: <p>I've got moved the Application and System folders below the root directory as described here. <a href="http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/installation/index.html</a> But I'm not sure how to get the urls to work properly with the new directory locations.</p>
  
  <pre><code>/root/var/
      `-- www
          |-- siteroot
          |       |-- .htaccess
          |       |-- index.php
          |       |-- style.css
          |       |-- script.js
          |-- application/
          |-- system/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>currently this way
  <a href="http://example.com/index.php/about" rel="nofollow">http://example.com/index.php/about</a></p>
  
  <p>this is the way I want it but currently it shows a 404
  <a href="http://example.com/about" rel="nofollow">http://example.com/about</a></p>
  
  <p>this is my current .htaccess file. It removed the index.php before I moved the folders below the root, now it will still remove the index.php but none of the controllers work without the index.php</p>
  
  <pre><code>################################################
  #other hacks can be found at http://codeigniter.com/wiki/mod_rewrite/
  
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
      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]
  
      #When your application folder isn't in the system folder
      #This snippet prevents user access to the application folder
      #Submitted by: Fabdrol
      #Rename 'application' to your applications folder name.
  
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^../application.*
      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]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;IfModule !mod_rewrite.c&gt;
      # 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
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  ################################################
  #http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/92609/
  </code></pre>