Rewrite all requests to index.php with nginx

Question

In my apache configuration I have the following simple rewrite rule which

1. unless file exists will rewrite to index.php
2. on the urls you never see the f

Answer 1

Here is what worked for me to solve part 1 of this question:

    location / {
            rewrite ^([^.]*[^/])$ $1/ permanent;
            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php =404;
            include fastcgi_params;
            fastcgi_pass php5-fpm-sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
    }

rewrite ^([^.]*[^/])$ $1/ permanent; rewrites non-file addresses (addresses without file extensions) to have a "/" at the end. I did this because I was running into "Access denied." message when I tried to access the folder without it.

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php =404; is borrowed from SanjuD's answer, but with an extra 404 reroute if the location still isn't found.

fastcgi_index index.php; was the final piece of the puzzle that I was missing. The folder didn't reroute to the index.php without this line.

Answer 2

Flat and simple config without rewrite, can work in some cases:

location / {
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    include fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /home/webuser/site/index.php;
}

Answer 3

Using nginx $is_args instead of ? For GET query Strings

location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args; }

Answer 4

To pass get variables as well use $args:

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

Answer 5

Here's the answer of your 2nd question :

   location / {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /$1.php last;
}

it's work for me (based my experience), means that all of your blabla.php will rewrite into blabla

like http://yourwebsite.com/index.php to http://yourwebsite.com/index

Answer 6

Perfect solution I have tried it and succeed to get my index page when I have append this code in my site configuration file.

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

In configuration file itself explained that at "First attempt to serve request as file, then as directory, then fall back to index.html in my case it is index.php as I am providing page through php code.