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Asked: 2026-06-01T12:19:01+00:00

I’m having some problems with mod rewrite in the following configuration (simplified version): /index.php

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I’m having some problems with mod rewrite in the following configuration (simplified version):

/index.php
/public/
/public/file.txt

I need to remap the site root to the /public so i can call /file.txt for every existing file in /public. In the same time, every non-existing file should be remapped to index.php which is not in the /public folder.

I have previously solved this issue by using:

RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/public%{REQUEST_URI} -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [L]

the only problem is that it only works if the site and the .htaccess is in the server root directory. What I need is to make it work if the site is in the /codeigniter/ directory

/codeigniter/index.php
/codeigniter/public/
/codeigniter/public/file.txt

which obviously fails because 

/public%{REQUEST_URI}

translates into

/public/codeigniter/public/ which doesn't exist

I’ve tried setting the rewriteBase to the /codeigniter/ directory but I think it only strips the dir in the rewrite Rule and not in the RewriteCond since it doesn’t work.

I think that an idea would be to map everything to the /public folder and in /public/.htacces re-remap non existent files to ../index.php (not sure if it’s possible)

I would really apreciate any help you can give me with this, since it’s an older problem I’m constantly facing. Ideally, the path should not be hardcoded in the .htaccess so I can easily move or rename the site folder without changing the .htaccess

Cheers

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  1. Editorial Team

    After struggling for a few hours with it I finaly found the answer:

    in the /codeigniter/.htacces we need theese lines:

    RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule    ^$ public/
RewriteRule    (.*) public/$1

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule    (.*) index.php?$1 [L]

    And we need a second “almost empty” .htaccess in /codeigniter/public with just one line:

    RewriteEngine On

    Now I have my site root protected from remote access and my public folder’s name hidden from links. Also, I can rename or move my /codeigniter folder anyway I like without requiring any modifications in .htaccess

    Good day to you all

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