MVC in Codeigniter Framework

Question

I have seen in sites which were built using CodeIngniter framework there there is 'index.php' in the URI. Is that necessary?.

For example: example.com/index.php/products/view/shoes

Is it possible to make it:

example.com/products/view/shoes

Answer 1

of course, you have to rewrite the routes with an .htaccess, here it is