How to get rid of index.php in url

Question

I want to make my url complet seo friendly, currently i am getting following format

https://kodlogs.com/index.php?qa=33938&qa_1=toolchains-found-toolchains-folder-prefix-mips64el-android

I want to get rid of index.php? in all question pages , and want them to be in same format in sitemap too , how do i do this?

I have read its something to do with .htaccess file, my config is as following what should i change: 

#RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$

RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?qa-rewrite=$0&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

</IfModule>

Answer 1

Make sure you log in as admin and select the correct method of rewriting urls.

My server is Apache and here's what in my .htaccess file.

Options -Indexes
DirectoryIndex index.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*)//(.*)$
RewriteRule . %1/%2 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php?qa-rewrite=$0&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
</IfModule>

Comments

Mine .htaccess file is exactly same like yours but why i am getting index.php in url what am i doing wrong?

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I checked your site. It's okay now.

Answer 2

Hello

Go to Admin > General > and select the first URL structure:  /123/why-do-birds-sing (requires htaccess file)  it looks like you are using the last option which is  /index.php?qa=123&qa_1=why-do-birds-sing