By ceo779382
I have a php script to be executed outsite of my server root. As far as I read I need to define a location block with a different root to execute the php correctly.
Problem: NginX always takes the last php location block from my configuration and NOT the nested one under my location /de/forums nor the location /de/forums/(.+.php).
What am I doing wrong? How can I convince nginx to take a location block with the correct root defined?
As far as I understood the hierarchy - the more specific block should be used… please help!
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
server_name domain.com;
root /var/www/domain.com/html;
index index.php;
location ^~ /de/forums {
root /var/www/domain.com/;
#alias /var/www/domain.com/de/forums/;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
try_files $uri $uri/ /de/forums/index.php?$uri&$args;
location ~* \.php(/|$) {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
include fastcgi.conf;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
location ^~ /de/forums/(.+\.php) {
root /var/www/domain.com/;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
include fastcgi.conf;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi.conf;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+?\.php)(/.*)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
}
}
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Hi @ceo779382,
The issue is because the parent location is a regex location while the nested locations are prefix locations.
You may only define nested prefix locations when the parent location is also a prefix location:
location /a {
location /a {
# You can also skip this location and just write
# your code directly under the parent location
}
location /a/b {
...
}
}
When a parent location is defined by a regex, any nested locations must also be defined by regexes:
location ~ ^/(a|b) {
location ~ ^/a {
...
}
location ~ ^/b {
...
}
}
However, you may also define nested regex locations when the parent location is a prefix location:
location /a/b {
location ~ /a {
...
}
location ~ /b {
...
}
}
Hope that helps.
Regards, KDSys
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