Codeigniter 2 on IIS with web.config file

Question

I have a codeigniter app working fine locally with WAMP. However, I am having trouble getting it to work on an IIS server. Please note that I do not want to enable query strings.

Here is what I currently have in my web.config file:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="Clean URL" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^(.*)$" />
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:1}" appendQueryString="false" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>  

This causes the main page to load properly: www.website.com/policies

However, when I click on an item to go to: www.website.com/policies/policy/view/31

The proper page is not displayed. The main page continues to be displayed.

The controller is Policy and the function is view(). The Codeigniter files are in a policies/ folder on the server.

I think the problem may be with my web.config file. The Config file's $config['base_url'] is dynamically calculated and is the correct one. The Config file's $config['index_page'] is blank. What do you think is causing this problem?

Thank you all for your help.

Answer 1

Have you look at the example in the CI forums?

http://codeigniter.com/forums/viewthread/91954

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="Rewrite to index.php">
                    <match url="index.php|robots.txt|images|test.php" />
                    <action type="None" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Rewrite CI Index">
                    <match url=".*" />
                    <conditions>
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" pattern="css|js|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|ico|htm|html" negate="true" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php/{R:0}" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>  

Answer 2

i have placed the following web.config code in the root and it worked perfectly.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <configuration>
        <system.webServer>
            <rewrite>
                <rules>
                    <rule name="Imported Rule 1" stopProcessing="true">
                        <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                        <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                            <add input="{URL}" pattern="^system.*" ignoreCase="false" />
                        </conditions>
                        <action type="Rewrite" url="/index.php?{R:1}" />
                    </rule>
                    <rule name="Imported Rule 2" stopProcessing="true">
                        <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                        <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                            <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                            <add input="{R:1}" pattern="^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt|css)" ignoreCase="false" negate="true" />
                        </conditions>
                        <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php?{R:1}" />
                    </rule>
                </rules>
            </rewrite>
        </system.webServer>
    </configuration>