<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
#If the project is not in the root, add the file path below
RewriteBase /
#adds wwww to address
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^example.com$ [nc]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [r=301,L]
#Checks to see if the user is attempting to access a valid file,
#such as an image or css document, if this isn't true it sends the
#request to index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_rewrite.c>
# If we don't have mod_rewrite installed, all 404's
# can be sent to index.php, and everything works as normal.
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>