Question

I’m trying install my codeigniter application in a sub folder: http://website.com/sub_folder

And I want that this site is accessible through: http://website.com/

I have the following info in my application/config.php file for the base url: $config['base_url'] = 'http://website.com/sub_folder';

This is my .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|captcha|assets|favicon\.gif|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /sub_folder/index.php/$1 [L]

The problem is that when I change the $config['base_url'] to access my asset files, like css etc al my other links using $base_url() point to : http://website.com/sub_folder too instead of http://website.com/

Answer 1

If I understand what you want to achieve, you’re doing it wrong, simply place index.php file in your root folder and your application to the sub-folder.

Change system and application paths in index.php to where exactly they are located and you’re done.

$system_path = 'subfolder/system';
$application_folder = 'subfolder/applications';

In any case, if it’s possible, consider moving application and system folders out of the root directory as it will cover hundreds of potential security holes.