.htaccess issue with url - .htaccess

Question

This url format https://portal.com/pages does not work but this https://portal.com/index.php/pages works.
I want to be able to remove the index.php from the url.
My root .htaccess file is
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
# First rewrite to HTTPS:
# Don't put www. here. If it is already there it will be included, if not
# the subsequent rule will catch it.
# RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ public/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
While public folder .htaccess file is
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options -Multiviews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

Try following rules htaccess file. Make sure your index.php is present inside public folder. Please make sure to clear browser cache before testing your URLs.
root htaccess rules file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [NE,R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/public [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ public/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Public folder inside htaccess Rules file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteOptions InheritBefore
Options -Multiviews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)/?$ index.php?url=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
Fixes done in OP's attempt:
root htaccess Rules file didn't have https apply rule, so have added it.
Made public applying rule for all kind of urls.
Then in public folder rules file added InheritBefore option to make sure root's file is being inherited to public folder's htaccess rules file.