URI rewrite with nginx and php-fpm with parameters - php

Question

I have a bunch of different rules on my nginx server with php-fpm.
The simple one is a rewrite that changes http://server/$1?param=1 to http://server/$1.php?param=1 using
location #extensionless-php {
rewrite ^(.*)$ $1.php last;
}
I also need to rewrite http://server/abc/123 to http://server/abc.php/123 and also have this processed by the php-fpm
This is the fast-cgi code:
location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
and this is the location rewrite
location #abc-php {
rewrite ^(.*)/abc/(.*)$ $1/photo.php/$2 last;
}
But I keep getting a 404. I'm not sure where I'm going wrong and any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You don't show how the named location #abc-php is invoked. I suspect that you have something like this to managed the extensionless PHP:
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ #extensionless-php;
}
Your new rewrite rule can be added to the existing named location, like this:
location #extensionless-php {
rewrite ^(.*)/abc/(.*)$ $1/photo.php/$2 last;
rewrite ^(.*)$ $1.php last;
}
However, your fast-cgi block is incapable of handing the path_info, so you will need to look here for conventional wisdom, or use something like this:
location ~ ^(?<script>.*\.php)(?<pathinfo>.*)$ {
try_files $script =404;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $pathinfo;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
}