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@@ -39,18 +39,22 @@ By default, the **index.php** file will be included in your URLs::
example.com/index.php/news/article/my_article
-You can easily remove this file by using a .htaccess file with some
-simple rules. Here is an example of such a file, using the "negative"
-method in which everything is redirected except the specified items:
+If your Apache server has mod_rewrite enabled, you can easily remove this
+file by using a .htaccess file with some simple rules. Here is an example
+of such a file, using the "negative" method in which everything is redirected
+except the specified items:
::
- RewriteEngine on
- RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt)
- RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
+ RewriteEngine On
+ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
-In the above example, any HTTP request other than those for index.php,
-images, and robots.txt is treated as a request for your index.php file.
+In the above example, any HTTP request other than those for existing
+directories and existing files is treated as a request for your index.php file.
+
+.. note:: Note: These specific rules might not work for all server configurations.
Adding a URL Suffix
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