Laravel and WordPress nginx config - php

Question

I would like to have WordPress installed in my Laravel 4 project at /public/cms, I don't need WordPress pages to be accessible through the browser but I do need to Post to WordPress routes to update WP content (forms) from within laravel.
I have tried updating my vhosts file to match with the answer here: How to install WordPress alongside Laravel on Nginx with pretty permalinks (SEO-friendly URLs)?
But this is causing a redirect loop.
here is my nginx vhost file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name laravel.mylifemysmile.org;
root /var/www/mylifemysmile/public;
# Point index to the Laravel front controller.
index index.php;
location /cms/ {
try_files $uri $uri/ #wordpress;
}
location #wordpress {
rewrite /cms/ /cms/index.php;
}
location ^/cms/index.php(/.*)?$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(/cms/index.php)(/.*)$;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$query_string;
}
# Remove trailing slash to please routing system.
if (!-d $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/(.+)/$ /$1 permanent;
}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
# NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
# With php5-fpm:
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Update
Here's the new nginx vhost (server block) file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name laravel.mylifemysmile.org;
root /var/www/mylifemysmile/public;
# Point index to the Laravel front controller.
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$query_string #laravel;
}
# Remove trailing slash to please routing system.
if (!-d $request_filename) {
rewrite ^/(.+)/$ /$1 permanent;
}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
set $php_root /var/www/mylifemysmile/public;
if ($request_uri ~ /cms/) {
# ok, this line is a bit confusing, be aware
# that path to /cms/ is already in the request
# so adding a trailing /cms here will
# give a "no input file" message
set $php_root /var/www;
}
# NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
# With php5-fpm:
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $php_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
# now wordpress, remember this lives in a sibling directory of the main app
location ~ /cms/ {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$args;
# again, this might look a bit weird,
# but remember that root directive doesn't drop
# the request prefix, so /cms is appended at the end
root /var/www;
if (!-d $request_filename)
{
rewrite ^/(.*)/$ /$1 permanent;
}
}
}
I moved wordpress out of laravel/public and into its own folder on the same level as laravel. I can now access WordPress content (including images) in the laravel site, but still can't access the wordpress dashboard.