We are trying to move a photopost installation from Apache to nginx and are having difficulties with the rewrite rules. Photopost provides some VERY basic rewrite rules for Apache and we have tried to convert them to nginx but apparently have failed miserably. Here are the .htaccess rules:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks

#RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.*)/p([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9+]).html$ showproduct.php?product=$2&cpage=$4 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ showproduct.php?product=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/p([0-9]+).html$ showproduct.php?product=$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^g([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9]+).html$ showcat.php?cat=$1&page=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^g([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ showcat.php?cat=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^(.*)/index([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ index.php?cat=$2&page=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/index([0-9]+).html$ index.php?cat=$2 [L]

RewriteRule ^m([0-9]+)-(.*)-protype([0-9]+).html$ member.php?uid=$1&protype=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^m([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ member.php?uid=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^board.html$ board.php [L]
RewriteRule ^b([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ board.php?msg=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^u([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9]+).html$ showcat.php?ppuser=$1&page=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^u([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ showcat.php?ppuser=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^s([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9]+).html$ showmembers.php?cat=$1&page=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^s([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ showmembers.php?cat=$1 [L]



This is what we converted them to for nginx:

location /classifieds/ {

rewrite ^/classifieds/(.*)/p([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9+]).html$ /classifieds/showproduct.php?product=$2&cpage=$4 permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/(.*)/p([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /classifieds/showproduct.php?product=$2 permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/(.*)/p([0-9]+).html$ /classifieds/showproduct.php?product=$2 permanent;

rewrite ^/classifieds/g([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9]+).html$ /classifieds/showcat.php?cat=$1&page=$3 permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/g([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /classifieds/showcat.php?cat=$1 permanent;

rewrite ^/classifieds/(.*)/index([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ /classifieds/index.php?cat=$2&page=$3 permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/(.*)/index([0-9]+).html$ /classifieds/index.php?cat=$2 permanent;

rewrite ^/classifieds/m([0-9]+)-(.*)-protype([0-9]+).html$ /classifieds/member.php?uid=$1&protype=$3 permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/m([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /classifieds/member.php?uid=$1 permanent;

rewrite ^/classifieds/board.html$ /classifieds/board.php permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/b([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /classifieds/board.php?msg=$1 permanent;

rewrite ^/classifieds/u([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9]+).html$ /classifieds/showcat.php?ppuser=$1&page=$3 permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/u([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /classifieds/showcat.php?ppuser=$1 permanent;

rewrite ^/classifieds/s([0-9]+)-(.*)-page([0-9]+).html$ /classifieds/showmembers.php?cat=$1&page=$3 permanent;
rewrite ^/classifieds/s([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ /classifieds/showmembers.php?cat=$1 permanent;
}

However, these rules are not working for us and only result in a 404. Can anyone shed any light on where we're going wrong here?

Hello,

Remove your entire /classifields location and try location-based capture without any rewrite's:

location ~ ^.*/p(?<product>\d+)(-.*-page(?<page>\d+)|.*)\.html$
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/showproduct.php;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING product=$product&cpage=$page;
fastcgi_pass ...; # connect to to php-fpm socket
}

location ~ ^/g(?<cat>\d+)-(.*-page(?<page>\d+)|.*)\.html$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/showcat.php;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING cat=$cat&page=$page;
fastcgi_pass ...; # connect to to php-fpm socket
}

location ~ ^.*/index(?<cat>\d+)(-(?<page>\d+)|.*)\.html$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/index.php;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING cat=$cat&page=$page;
fastcgi_pass ...; # connect to to php-fpm socket
}

location ~ ^/m(?<uid>\d+)-(.*-protype(?<protype>\d+)|.*)\.html$
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/member.php;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING uid=$uid&protype=$protype;
fastcgi_pass ...; # connect to to php-fpm socket
}

location ~ ^/(board\.html|b(?<msg>\d+)-.*\.html)$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/board.php;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING msg=$msg;
fastcgi_pass ...; # connect to to php-fpm socket
}

location ~ ^/u(?<user>\d+)-(.*-page(?<page>\d+)|.*)\.html$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/showcat.php;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING ppuser=$user&page=$page;
fastcgi_pass ...; # connect to to php-fpm socket
}

location ~ ^/s(?<cat>\d+)-(.*-page(?<page>\d+)|.*)\.html$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/showmembers.php;
fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING cat=$cat&page=$page;
fastcgi_pass ...; # connect to to php-fpm socket
}

Andrejs
loco (at) andrews.lv