Making A File Extension Optional
Using the try_files directive allows us to do the following:
- Serve
$uriif the path is valid - Serve the index file out of the directory
$uri/ - Fall back to
$uri.phpif the URI does not match either a file or directory
When we fall back to $uri.php, we then verify it is a valid file or fallback to a 404 page.
nginx.conf
location ~* \.php {
try_files $uri =404;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_keep_conn on;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
}
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php;
}