title: CodeIgniter URL rewrite - but not on the XAMPP directory
body: <p>I'd like to take out the <code>index.php</code> from all of the pages served by CodeIgniter - but I want to still be able to access everything inside my XAMPP folder as normal. </p>
  
  <p>This is my directory structure :</p>
  
  <pre><code>htdocs\
  .\Application\
  .\XAMPP\
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My <code>.htaccess</code> file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteEngine on
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php [L]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So, I'd like to be able to see my application as <code>http:\\localhost\controller\method\arg</code> instead of <code>http:\\localhost\index.php\controller\method\arg</code>.</p>
  
  <p>But I also want to be able to see <code>http:\\localhost\XAMPP\index.php</code> - XAMPP has my control panel in it like MySQL and I can't get to it with my <code>.htaccess</code> file in place (because it rewrites to <code>http:\\localhost\XAMPP\</code> and not <code>http:\\localhost\XAMPP\index.php</code> ) . </p>
  
  <p>Is this possible, how can I do it? </p>