Nginx try_files prompt for download PHP

Question

I'm setting up an Nginx + PHP web server on AWS Linux 2. It is a fresh install with nginx and PHP7.4 installed. Below is the virtual host config file in nginx.

I need to redirect all the traffic to index.php because it is a Single Page App.

When I go to www.xxx.com/index.php, the PHP page renders fine (so PHP is definitely running).

When I go to www.xxx.com/login/, the browser prompts for download of the index.php file instead of executing it.

Can anyone please help? (I've tried to clear my browser cache).

/etc/nginx/conf.d/myapp.conf

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;

    root /var/www/vhosts/app.userback.io/frontend/;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    server_name www.myapp.com;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php =404;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;

        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.(?:php|phar))(/.*)$;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        include        fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
        fastcgi_pass   php-fpm;
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '20 at 03:37

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Can you try:

location ~ \.php$ {
    try_files $uri /404.html;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;// change it if not valid
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    include fastcgi_params;
}

answered Nov 16 '20 at 03:37

laguf1.mobi

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I've tried yours. It still prompts for downloading of the PHP file instead of executing it. When I go to the PHP file directly, it executes it fine. The download only occurs when the try_files tries to serve the traffic with index.php. – Lee Le Nov 16 '20 at 03:52
you try: try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args; – laguf1.mobi Nov 16 '20 at 03:56
Thx, I tried. It didn't work. It no longer prompts for download because it doesn't redirect to index.php anymore. :( – Lee Le Nov 16 '20 at 04:08
what the return code of nginx ? 404, 403 .. 200 or 50x ? – laguf1.mobi Nov 16 '20 at 04:16
It's a good 200 code. But the content-type is application/octet-stream. It managed to "redirect" or server the traffic made to /login/ with index.php because /login/ isn't a file that exists. But it should execute index.php on the server instead of retuning it as a file for download. Hope that makes sense. BTW, PHP is definitely installed and running because we I go to index.php directly, it works fine. – Lee Le Nov 16 '20 at 04:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '20 at 07:14

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I've found the answer here: NGINX try_files does not pass to PHP.

It turns out it is the order of the location plus removing the 404 to make the redirect internal.

answered Nov 16 '20 at 07:14

Lee Le

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Nginx try_files prompt for download PHP

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