[FIXED] Why are my MVC controllers showing 404?

Issue

I've got an MVC project I'm trying to set up on a new computer. I'm using MAMP and codeigniter. For some reason I get a 404 error when I try to go to any controller.

But the weird thing is that the default controller, defined in the routes file seems to work ok.

Here's an example controller:

class Test_controller extends CI_Controller {
    public function index(){
       echo 'hello';
    }
}

When I go to localhost:8888/test_controller I get 404.

However, adding the following line to my routes.php...

$route['default_controller']="test_controller";

...and then navigating to localhost:8888 seems to load the controller ok.

Solution

You are missing the .htaccess, by default CI will need /index.php/controller to work, to remove the index.php you can use the HTaccess provided by Codeigniter or this one:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L] 

Place this outside the application folder with the name ".htaccess"

Answered By - killstreet