.htaccess - Removing index.php in Codeigniter 2 -

i'm having trouble using codeigniter2. want remove annoying "index.php" url that:

    - http://localhost/ci_intro/index.php/site/home      becomes      - http://localhost/ci_intro/home 

i've followed couple of links on stack overflow , have found following 2 posts:

remove index.php url - codeigniter 2

and

removing index.php codeigniter-2

however after performing both steps still no joy.

my .htaccess follows:

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>   rewriteengine on   rewritebase /ci_intro/      #removes access system folder users.     #additionally allow create system.php controller,     #previously not have been possible.     #'system' can replaced if have renamed system folder. rewritecond %{request_uri} ^system.* rewriterule ^(.*)$ /ci_intro/index.php?/$1 [l]      #when application folder isn't in system folder     #this snippet prevents user access application folder     #submitted by: fabdrol     #rename 'application' applications folder name. rewritecond %{request_uri} ^application.* rewriterule ^(.*)$ /ci_intro/index.php?/$1 [l]      #checks see if user attempting access valid file,     #such image or css document, if isn't true sends     #request index.php rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule ^(.*)$ /ci_intro/index.php?/$1 [l]  </ifmodule>  <ifmodule !mod_rewrite.c>     # if don't have mod_rewrite installed, 404's     # can sent index.php, , works normal.     # submitted by: elliothaughin      errordocument 404 /index.php </ifmodule>    

i've ensured mod_rewrite module enable in apache (i'm using xampp on windows) reason it's not working i'd expect to.

i have 2 views in codeigniter2, 1 called home , called about. these 2 link each other. links follows:

    <a href="home">home</a><br/>     <a href="about">about</a> 

if go root url of project:

   http://localhost/ci_intro/ 

the index function of home page displayed. that's fine , expected. however, if click either link redirects to:

   http://localhost/ci_intro/home     or     http://localhost/ci_intro/about 

which produces 404. if type "site" in url, name of controller, links take me through correctly loaded views:

    http://localhost/ci_intro/site/home      or      http://localhost/ci_intro/site/about 

is there known way of bypassing approach controller,in case site, removed url entirely using site/home or site/about in links in view not appear work?

you don't want (but might!).

- http://localhost/ci_intro/index.php/site/home  becomes  - http://localhost/ci_intro/home 

the way ci works, site controller , home method or function in controller calling. allows gather respective functionality.

e.g. have home controller , index method like:

class home extends ci_controller{      public function index(){         echo 'i home controller index';     } } 

which url http://example.com/home (or http://example.com/index.php/home before .htaccess involved) show page text "i home controller index".

then can add other functionality home controller a'la

class home extends ci_controller{      public function index(){         // http://example.com/home         echo 'i home controller index';     }      public function user(){         // http://example.com/home/user         echo "i user method in home controller";     } } 

which url http://example.com/home/user show page text "i user method in home controller".

you can create many other controllers need:

class extends ci_controller{      public function index(){         // http://example.com/about         echo 'i page!';     } } 

http://example.com/about render page text "i page!"

rewriteengine on rewritecond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt) rewriterule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [l] 

is .htaccess should need remove index.php form url. it'd live in /ci_into/.htaccess

if want use http://example.com/home works site controller, use routing