CodeIgniter | .htaccess removing index.php from url

ok, i did exactly as asked in the documentation of codeigniter, created new file .htaccess ``` RewriteEngine on RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|images|robots\.txt) RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L] ``` i am using xampp, so my url for accessing the site was ``` http://localhost:12/projects/zorkif_nextgen/index.php/main ``` now after applying the above .htaccess file, i tried it without index.php like this ``` http://localhost:12/projects/zorkif_nextgen/main ``` but instead of working, it is redirecting me to this url ``` http://localhost:12/xampp ``` How to resolve this issue? plus i am getting error on my page after trying the .htaccess on top of page message is appearing, ``` Error Occured. Warning!. Make sure you perform the correct action. The Action has been completed Successfully. ``` Edit: Here is some of my config.php file settings ``` $config['base_url'] = ''; $config['index_page'] = 'index.php'; $config['uri_protocol'] = 'AUTO'; $config['url_suffix'] = ''; $config['enable_hooks'] = FALSE; $config['permitted_uri_chars'] = 'a-z 0-9~%.:_\-'; $config['allow_get_array'] = TRUE; $config['enable_query_strings'] = FALSE; $config['controller_trigger'] = 'c'; $config['function_trigger'] = 'm'; $config['directory_trigger'] = 'd'; // experimental not currently in use $config['sess_cookie_name'] = 'zk_ci_session'; $config['sess_expiration'] = 7200; $config['sess_expire_on_close'] = TRUE; $config['sess_encrypt_cookie'] = TRUE; $config['sess_use_database'] = TRUE; $config['sess_table_name'] = 'sys_ci_sessions'; $config['sess_match_ip'] = FALSE; $config['sess_match_useragent'] = TRUE; $config['sess_time_to_update'] = 300; $config['csrf_protection'] = TRUE; $config['csrf_token_name'] = 'csrf_test_name'; $config['csrf_cookie_name'] = 'csrf_cookie_name'; $config['csrf_expire'] = 7200; $config['rewrite_short_tags'] = FALSE; ```