Nginx is downloading PHP files when trying to remove the extension - php

Question

So, basically my current configuration is like below. Whenever I try and request the URL without the PHP extension it downloads it instead?
server {
listen [::]:80;
root myDirectory;
index index.php index.html;
server_name myDomain;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php $uri.php$is_args$query_string =404;
}
location ~\.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /\ ht {
deny all;
}
}
I've already done what a lot of other answers in other questions have suggested like editing the php7.1-fpm php.ini file:
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Your current use of try_files will not work. The file elements of the try_files statement are processed within the same location block, which is the wrong location for PHP files. See this document for more.
There are a number of solutions, but you could use a named location to perform an internal rewrite if the script file is found to exist.
For example:
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ #rewrite;
}
location #rewrite {
if (-f $document_root$uri.php) { rewrite ^ $uri.php last; }
return 404;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.1-fpm.sock;
}
See this caution on the use of if.