Question

I almost have it working, but even then not sure if it’s properly implemented. (I’m new to Nginx!)

My test has this directory structure:

/index.php (root directory front controller)
/test/index.php (sub directory front controller)
/include/include.php (some PHP include)

Files named index.php are the front controllers.

The Nginx server block:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name mysite.com;

    root /var/www/mysite.com/http;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri @rewrite;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location @rewrite {
        rewrite ^ /index.php last;
    }
}

These cases currently work and need to work like this:

1. http://mysite.com/ => /index.php (exists)
2. http://mysite.com/test => /test/index.php (exists)
3. http://mysite.com/test/index.php => /test/index.php (exists)
4. http://mysite.com/test/foobar => /index.php (/test/foobar didn't exist)
5. http://mysite.com/asdf => /index.php (/asdf didn't exist)
6. http://mysite.com/asdf.php => /index.php (/asdf.php didn't exist)
7. http://mysite.com/asdf/index.php => /index.php (didn't exist; the try_files @rewrite fixes this, otherwise I get "No input file specified.")

The case I don’t have yet is:

8. http://mysite.com/include/include.php => /index.php

Currently accessing a PHP file that exists that isn’t a front controller is processing that script. I can understand why it’s doing it, it’s try(ing)_files $uri @rewrite and finding include.php. I’ve been trying to fix it with rewrites, but no dice. Or is there a better way, with location blocks/try_files?

In general am I going about this server block correctly for my intentions?

Answer 1

How about …

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name mysite.com;

    root /var/www/mysite.com/http;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        location ~ /index\.php$ {
            if (!-e $request_filename) {
                    rewrite ^ /index.php break;
            }
            fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include fastcgi_params;
        }
        rewrite ^ /index.php last;
    }
}

This will serve …

yoursite/any_path/ => yoursite/any_path/index.php
yoursite/any_path/index_file.php => yoursite/any_path/index.php
yoursite/any_path/any_non_index_file.php => yoursite/index.php 

… which is what your question suggests you want (last one seems strange to me)