I've a nginx server on CentOS with PHP setup.
I'm trying to block direct access to .inc files

I've added the following to nginx.conf

location ~ /\.inc
{
deny all;
}

& restarted nginx.

But I still able to access .inc files like https://mydomain,com/includes/config.inc

Pls suggest what I may be missing or how else to fix this issue. I Need to block access to all .inc files.

Thanks
Sans