Use both rewrite and php-fpm for .php extension in nginx

Question

I am trying to migrate to Nginx + PHP-FPM from Apache + mod_php. I am currently using mod_rewrite to rewrite some virtual URIs ending in .php to actual PHP scripts. This works perfectly when using mod_php. But with with Nginx + FPM, since we have to use proxy_pass, this is not working. When I add a regex location block to match .php extension, it gets highest precedence, and my rewrite rules are not applied.

How can I resolve this?

location /test/ {
    rewrite "^/test/([a-z]+).php$" test.php?q=$1 last; 
}

location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;

    set $fastcgi_script_name_custom $fastcgi_script_name;
    if (!-f $document_root$fastcgi_script_name) {
        set $fastcgi_script_name_custom "/cms/index.php";
    }

    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '16 at 10:30

You can place the rewrite rule above your location blocks within the context of the server block. Or you can place the rewrite rule within the location block that matches the URI.

So you can use either this:

rewrite "^/test/([a-z]+).php$" /test.php?q=$1 last;

location / { ... }

location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) { ... }

Or this:

location / { ... }

location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
    rewrite "^/test/([a-z]+).php$" /test.php?q=$1 break;
    ...
}

Notice that the rewritten URI needs a leading / (unlike Apache convention).

See this document for details.

Use both rewrite and php-fpm for .php extension in nginx

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