NGINX try_files with name as the last word in the $uri

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I've got an nginx on my server and I am trying to get it to open the file '`/config/www/pp1/index.php`' for address https://example.com/pp1 and '`/config/www/interpreter/index.html`' for https://example.com/interpreter. Furthermore all things like https://example.com/interpreter/res/docs should fire up '`/config/www/interpreter/res/docs.html`'. I have made many attempts. Currently my default config file in /site-confs looks like this: ``` server { listen 80; listen 443 ssl http2; server_name kni.mini.pw.edu.pl; # Path for SSL config/key/certificate ssl_certificate /config/keys/cert.crt; ssl_certificate_key /config/keys/cert.key; location / { proxy_read_timeout 90; proxy_connect_timeout 90; proxy_redirect off; proxy_pass http://kni_website; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header Host $host; } location /pp1 { root /config/www; index index.html index.htm index.php; try_files $uri $uri/ index.php $uri/index.ph…

Accepted Answer

The main problem is that `try_files` will process its file elements within the current context, so you cannot handle your `.html` and `.php` URIs in the same statement. See this document for details.

One solution is to use a named location to split the `try_files` statement into two. First to test `$uri`, `$uri.html` and `$uri/index.html`, then a second to test `$uri.php` and `$uri/index.php`.

For example:

```
root /path/to/root;

location /foo {
    try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/index.html @php;
    location ~* ^(.*)\.php$ { return 301 $1; }
}
location @php {
    try_files $uri.php $uri/index.php =404;
    fastcgi_pass  ...;
    ...
}
```

The `location ~* ^(.*)\.php$` block is added to handle URIs that end with `.php` correctly. The simplest solution is to redirect them to a URI with the `.php` removed.

NGINX try_files with name as the last word in the $uri

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