htaccess to redirect all index.php to / ??

[Andy_GS]

Hey all,

right i absolutely HATE htaccess files, everything i seem to do to them always breaks the site one way or another.

im trying to block out /index.php and 301 them to the folder root.

theres loads of articles on the internet about these but every option i try just blanks out the whole site.

i already have:

#adds www
rewritecond %{http_host} ^website.co.uk
rewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.website.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

which works fine,

but every try i have of getting rid of index.php just breaks everytime

any ideas people?

Andy.

[RobWUK]

Redirect 301 /index.php http://www.yourdomain.co.uk/page_or_folder

i have the above diverting mine to another path

rob

[Andy_GS]

nah i know how to do 301 redirects of folders and files. but i want an overall rule that will remove all /index.php from all folders and 301 it to /.

Andy.

[arniesbarmyarmy]

I had the same question, and after doing some research I managed to find the solution!! So I thought I would post it to let everyone know...

Paste the following code into the htaccess file found in the root directory:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index\.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ /$1 [R=301]

This redirects the www.yourdomain.com/index.php to www.yourdomain.com.

The reason for doing this is for SEO purposes. The index.php is duplicate content and this will dilute the trust and authority that the search engines will give to you main page.

[Andy_GS]

Yep he's bang on, worked like a charm

many thanks

Andy.

[DrByte]

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