Question

I must be missing something obvious, since this seems like it shouldn’t be a difficult problem. I want all url paths on my site (http://example.com, http://example.com/admin, http://example.com/happy/happy/joy/joy, etc.) to be handled through my index.php. I’ve seen this done before, but offhand I do not know how to do it.

Answer 1

Just create an .htaccess file in your root directory with this :

# Turn on URL rewriting
RewriteEngine On

# Base directory
RewriteBase /

# Protect hidden files from being viewed
<Files .*>
    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny From All
</Files>

# Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

# Rewrite all other URLs to index.php/URL
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT]

Apache flags explained :

[L] – Alias for “Last”, instructs the server that the rewrite rules have come to an end and it’s time to perform an internal redirection without changing the browser’s uri.

[PT] – Alias for “Pass Through”, allows a Mod_Rewrite manipulated uri to be passed to the next type of handler, accordingly to the php.ini module’s order of inclusion. Usefull depending on the subject.