Removing index.php but leaving subdirectory

Question

We're working on a site that has Wordpress installed as the main CMS. EE is installed in subdirectory, and I am wanting to remove index.php. Everything I have tried removes both index.php and the subdirectory, but I need that subdirectory to stay in place, so WP will leave it alone.

So an address like: site.com/EE_subdirectory/index.php/site/page-url

Needs to change to: site.com/EE_subdirectory/site/page-url

I tried this .htaccess to my EE subdirectory:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    # Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/system/.* [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

    # Directs all EE web requests through the site index file
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

But it took out both the subdirectory and index.php. Do I need to do something to the WP .htaccess instead? Any ideas?

Answer 1

The documented approach to running EE from a subdirectory rather than the root, is to just remove the slash preceding index.php like so…

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

Further, the documentation notes you might have to specify the sub-directory depending on your server config, so try this…

RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) EE_subdirectory/$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

I’m also going to note that I suggest these rules should be in your (as you call it) WP .htaccess file, i.e. the one .htaccess file at the web root.

Answer 2

Please try this in EE_subdirectory/.htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> 
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php) [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /EE_subdirectory/index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule> 

Answer 3

It might help if you post your WP htaccess as well if possible.

Your EE .htaccess looks a bit different to the 'copy and paste' version we use on many production sites, I'm not saying it's wrong just different! Here's a copy of our standard fare (i've altered to match your needs):

# Enable Rewrite Engine
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

    #Go go gadget
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    #Exclude file paths, directory paths
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$

    #file whitelist, do not rewrite if file is root & name is ...
    RewriteCond $1 !^(favicon\.ico|index\.php|path\.php|php\.ini|admin\.php) [NC]

    #directory whitelist, do not rewrite if path begines with ...
    RewriteCond $1 !^(system|sysbase|images|themes|css|assets)/ [NC]

    #Rewrite what needs rewriting
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /EE_subdirectory/index.php/$1 [L]

</IfModule>

Also, you have set your base URL (Admin -> General Configuration) in the CP with the subdirectory and the index.php to blank right? this will help EE serve proper links (once you get there!)

Give that a go and if it doesn't work share your WP .htaccess in case thats playing with the request URL before the EE .htaccess gets to it...