Clean URLs

Clean URLs are user-friendly and readable web addresses that improve SEO, enhance user experieance and omit unnecessary elements like index.php or query strings from the URLs. Follow the steps below to configure your Apache server.

Update config.php

Open application/config/config.php and update the setting:

$config['index_page'] = '';

Enable Apache mod_rewrite

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite
$ sudo service apache2 restart

Update Apache Configuration

Allow .htaccess overrides by editing Apache’s config:

<Directory "/var/www/html/nada">
    AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Create or Edit .htaccess

In your NADA root folder (/nada/), create/edit .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    
    # enable line below, if using a sub-folder 
    #RewriteBase /myproject/

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Note

Note: For hosting NADA in a subfolder e.g. https://example.com/nada/, uncomment the line for RewriteBase and make sure to use the correct subfolder name.