Nginx – convert an .htaccess to nginx rewrite

nginxrewrite

I've been trying for weeks to convert rewrite rules from a .htaccess to nginx rewrite.

The original file looked like this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* index.php?/$0 [PT,L]

Converted

if (!-f $request_filename){
    set $rule_0 1$rule_0;
}
if (!-d $request_filename){
    set $rule_0 2$rule_0;
}
if ($rule_0 = "21"){
    rewrite /.* /index.php?/$0 last;
}

But when I restart nginx I get:

nginx: [emerg] unknown "0" variable
nginx: configuration file /usr/local/nginx-1.8/conf/nginx.conf test failed

Best Answer

Automatic converters such this one can give you a pretty good start...

# nginx configuration
location / {
    if (!-e $request_filename){
         rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$0 break;
    }
}

Of course if is evil, which is why this manual to converting mod_rewrite directives gives an even better option

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

Related Solutions

Nginx rewrite, from htaccess-files

First, you don't need the location ~* ^/(css|img|js|flv|swf|download)/(.+)$ block, because it doesn't change anything. Also, in general, root directory inside location blocks isn't what you usually want, alias is the thing you most likely want.

But to the actual problem, try adding these location blocks:

location /v1/documentation/ {
    rewrite ^/v1/documentation/(.+)$ /v1/public/documentation/$1 last;
}

location /v1/examples/ {
    rewrite ^/v1/examples/(.+)$ /v1/public/examples/$1 last;
}

An optional optimization for your @rewrite block

location @rewrite {
    rewrite ^ /v1/public/index.php?_url=$uri break;
}

Nginx [emerg] unknown “0” variable

nginx does not have the $0 variable, which is used in Apache for the whole regex pattern match in Apache.

In nginx, you get the equivalent string by using $request_uri.

So, you should use a configuration like this:

charset utf-8;
autoindex off;

location ~ /\.* {
    deny all;
}

location ~ /(?:application|modules|system) {
    return 301 /index.php$request_uri;
}

# Try first the actual files, if they do not exist, then try $request_uri via `index.php`.
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php/$request_uri;

I also fixed the hidden files regex here.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

Nginx rewrite, from htaccess-files

Nginx [emerg] unknown “0” variable

Related Topic