How to enable clean URLs without “index.php” | OJS

To force OJS to remove the “index.php” of all URLs,

1. Edit config.inc.php and set “restful_urls” to “On”.
2. Then enable the “mod_rewrite” module {Learn More]

   sudo a2enmod rewrite
   

3. Then create the “.htaccess” file in root folder and copy and paste the following;

     <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
      RewriteEngine on
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L]
     </IfModule>

4. Make file permission of the .htaccess to 644