Using .htaccess, never show index.php

Try adding the following to your .htaccess file in the root of your domain

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / #if you get a request for this /index.php/controller RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php/controller$ #redirect to just controller RewriteRule . controller [R=301,L] 

If you need this to work for any path_info use the rule below instead

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / #if you get a request for this /index.php(any-path) RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/index.php/(.+)$ #redirect to any-path RewriteRule . %1 [R=301,L] 

Try:

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index.php(.*)% ^/$1 [QSA,R] 

I have not tested this, but as I understand it, it will take an URL with index.php as the filename (regardless of anything following it) and redirect it to /(.*) (i.e. anything that followed index.php in the original request). The QSA flag appends the query string, and R makes it a hard Redirect rather than just rewriting the URL on the current request.

For anyone looking for a more generalized solution:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews #Disallow listing contents of subfolders Options All -Indexes # Turn mod_rewrite on RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / # If index or index.php requested, strip and redirect RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} index(\\.php)? RewriteRule ^index(\\.php)?$ http://yourdomain.com/ [R=301,L] ## Part 1 ## hide .php extension # To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC] RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC] ## Part 2 - handle incoming that lacks extension (except for existing folders) ## To redirect /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php, (skip for admin or user dirs) RewriteRule ^(admin|user)($|/) - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.php [L]