How to make CodeIgniter accept “query string” URLs?
For reliable use of query strings I’ve found you need to do 3 things In application/config/config.php set $config[‘enable_query_strings’] = true; Again in application/config/config.php set $config[‘uri_protocol’] = “PATH_INFO”; Change your .htaccess to remove the ? (if present) in the rewrite rule I use the following RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]