nginx try_files downloads php-file instead of loading it

Question

I'm trying to set up my nginx-server to accomplish the following

x.com opens index.php in /

x.com/example opens example.php in /

x.com/example/ opens example.php in /

x.com/foo/example opens example.php in /foo/

I have the following configuration

server {
listen www.delibr.com:443 default_server;  # if this is not a default server, remove "default_server"
root /var/delibr.se;
index index.php index.html index.htm; # this is also irrelevant

server_name www.delibr.com;
ssl_certificate /path to/crt;
ssl_certificate_key /path to/key;

ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_ciphers AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH:!aNULL;

location /beta {
    return 302 /#signup-form;
}

location / {
   try_files $uri $uri.php $uri/;
    if ($host != 'www.delibr.com') {
        rewrite     ^ https://www.delibr.com$request_uri? permanent;
    }
}

location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
    # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini

    # With php5-fpm:
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
    }

}

With this setup /example downloads example.php and /example/ gives 500 Internal Server error. Can anyone help me?

Tarun Lalwani · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-18 14:04:22Z

2

You try_files should be as below

try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php;

All parameter except the last one is tested in current context. So you when you use $uri.php and the file is found, the current context is meant to serve it as a static file, which it does. But for the last parameter it will check against other locations blocks in the config.

Edit-1

Your request for x.com/example/ opens example.php in / is not a usual one and it was a bit tricky to make it work. When we have the $uri.php in try_files it changes the url to x.com/example/.php. So we need to handle this url additionally by adding one additional block

location ~* /\.php {
   rewrite ^(.*)/\.php$ $1.php redirect;
}

edited Sep 18, 2017 at 14:04

answered Sep 18, 2017 at 11:29

Tarun Lalwani

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fbonawiede Over a year ago

Thanks! Almost worked. But it didn't solve x.com/example/ opens example.php in / it generates "No input file specified."

Tarun Lalwani Over a year ago

Yes that is obvious let me check something quick

fbonawiede Over a year ago

I tried to add rewrite ^/(.*)/$ /$1 permanent;and that solves it but generates a new problem. Then subfolders that actually have a index.html doesn't work.

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