# Turn on URL rewriting 
RewriteEngine On 

RewriteBase // 

# Protect hidden files from being viewed 
<Files .*> 
    Order Deny,Allow 
    Deny From All 
</Files> 

# Protect application and system files from being viewed 
RewriteRule ^(?:application|modules|system)\b.* index.php/$0 [L] 

# List of files in subdirectories will not be displayed in the browser 
Options -Indexes 

# Allow any files or directories that exist to be displayed directly 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 

AddDefaultCharset utf-8 
 AddCharset UTF-8 .htm .html .txt 
 AddType "text/html; charset=UTF-8" .htm .html .txt 
 AddType "text/css; charset=UTF-8" .css 
 AddType "text/javascript; charset=UTF-8" .js 

# Rewrite all other URLs to index.php/URL 
RewriteRule .* index.php/$0 [PT]