Question

I’m wondering if there is something wrong with my CI setup. If I load the base_url ie http://localhost/~User/project/
then it loads perfectly, adding the index.php before the default controller. However,
my config file has

 $config['index_page'] =  '';

As a test I returned this value to ‘index.php’. When I loaded the base_url after this it returned: http://localhost/~User/project/index.php/index.php/controller/method

Is this what I shoul expect? I’m having big problems with my .htaccess file which doesn’t seem to be working. I posted this as a separate question incase the two are unrelated.

UPDATE: I’ve now got the .htaccess working and the index.php has disappeared BUT ONLY IF TYPE THE FULL URL.

If I just type the base_url then it loads the default controller but still adds the index.php into the string.

To clarify…

If I type:
http://localhost/~User/project/controller/method
everything works as expected and the URL stays exactly like this. Similarly if I follow relative links then the correct controllers and methods are loaded with index.php appearing in the URL.

If, however, I only type:
http://localhost/~User/project
it redirects me to
http://localhost/~User/project/index.php/controller/method

The controller is the default that I have setup in my config file and I have also set

 $this->config['index_page'] = '';

Answer 1

Have you followed this tutorial to the letter?