Nginx is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. Unlike traditional servers, Nginx doesn’t rely on threads to handle requests. Instead it uses a much more scalable event-driven (asynchronous) architecture. This architecture uses small, but more importantly, predictable amounts of memory under load.
The PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is usually used to allow Nginx to process PHP files. Nowadays, PHP-FPM is bundled with any Unix PHP distribution. Phalcon + Nginx + PHP-FPM provides a powerful set of tools that offer maximum performance for your PHP applications.
Configuring Nginx for Phalcon
The following are potential configurations you can use to setup nginx with Phalcon:
Basic configuration
Using $_GET['_url'] as source of URIs:
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost.dev;
root /var/www/phalcon/public;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
charset utf-8;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?_url=$uri&$args;
}
location ~ \.php {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index /index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Using $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] as source of URIs:
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost.dev;
root /var/www/phalcon/public;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
charset utf-8;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index /index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
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