Nginx HTTP Server - Fourth Edition

Separating content

In order to establish this separation, we can simply use two different location blocks: one that will match the dynamic file extensions, and another one encompassing all the other files. This example passes requests for .php files to the proxy:

server { 
    server_name .example.com; 
    root /home/example.com/www; 
    [...] 
    location ~* .php.$ { 
      # Proxy all requests with an URI ending with .php*  
      # (includes PHP, PHP3, PHP4, PHP5...) 
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080; 
    } 
    location / { 
        # Your other options here for static content 
        # for example cache control, alias... 
        expires 30d; 
    } 
} 

This method, although simple, will cause trouble with websites using URL rewriting. Most Web 2.0 websites now use links that hide file extensions, such as ...