NGINX try_files does not pass to PHP
nginx, php
Solution
Per nginx documentation for `try_files`
Checks the existence of files in the specified order and uses the first found file for request processing; the processing is performed in the current context
so nginx find PHP file and process it in context of `location /` therefor just serve it as static file. Only last parameter is different, it's not checked but nginx make internal redirect (if it's uri) or return error code (if it's `=code`). So you need to remove `=404` from try_files to have internal redirect. And add `try_files` to `location ~ \.php` to make sure that file exists.
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/path/to/php.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
}
location / {
index index.php;
try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php;
}
Problem
I have a very simple PHP site: ``` . ├── about.php ├── index.php ├── project │ ├── project_one.php │ └── project_two.php └── projects.php ``` And the following nginx config (only relevant parts shown): ``` location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; fastcgi_pass unix:/path/to/php.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; include fastcgi_params; fastcgi_intercept_errors on; } location / { index index.php; try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php =404; } ``` Hitting the `/` works as expected. Hitting any of the `http://my.site.com/{projects | about | project/*}` URLs should use try_files to hit the `$uri.php` file, and pass it to PHP. But instead, the browser just downloads the PHP file itself. I can get it to work by adding individual location directives for the above locations, like so: ``` location /projects { try_files $uri $uri/ /$uri.php; } location /about { try_files $uri $uri/ /$uri.php; } location /project { try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php; } ``` But this is clearly not the way to do this. What am I doing wrong???