nginx, php-fpm and tilde user directories

Question

I'm using `nginx` and `php5-fpm` on a Debian system. I want my server to serve like so; - `ip/index.html` serves the static html page (or files) at the nginx web root - and likewise, `ip/somefile.php` (or `index.php`) serves PHP through php-fpm - `ip/~user/index.html` serves the static html page (or files) in `/home/user/public_html` - and likewise, `ip/~user/somefile.php` (or `index.php`) serves PHP through php-fpm (where `ip` is either an IPv4 or IPv6 address). Here is my configuration for `nginx`: ``` server { listen 80; listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; server_name _; root /usr/share/nginx/www; index index.php index.html index.htm; # Deny access to all dotfiles location ~ /\. { deny all; } location ~ \.php$ { include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; try_files $uri = 404; # Prevents exploit fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; } # Serve user directories location ~ ^/~(.+?)(/.*)?$ { alias /home/$1/public_html$2; autoindex on; } } ``` And for `php-fpm…

Accepted Answer

You'll need to add this rule before the initial php one:

```
    # Serve user directories php files
    location ~ ^/~(.+?)(/.*\.php)$ {
            alias /home/$1/public_html;
            autoindex on;
            include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;

try_files $2 = 404; # Prevents exploit
            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
    }
```

This one matches all php files in the user directory, directing them through php-fpm. The php rule you have matches all these php files, but tries to find them in the wrong directory.

nginx, php-fpm and tilde user directories

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