Yii Nginx Configuration

yii_nginx.conf

server { 
	listen 80; 
	server_name localhost; 
	root /var/www/yii; 
	
	access_log /var/log/nginx/yii_access.log;
	error_log /var/log/nginx/yii_error.log;

	index  index.php;
	client_max_body_size 25M; 
	default_type text/html;
	charset utf-8;

	location = /favicon.ico {
        try_files /favicon.ico =204;
    }

    ## The main location is accessed using Basic Auth.
    location / {
        
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;

        ## Use PATH_INFO for translating the requests to the
        ## FastCGI. This config follows Igor's suggestion here:
        ## http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,124378,124582.
        ## This is preferable to using:
        ## fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$
        ## It saves one regex in the location. Hence it's faster.
        location ~ ^(?<script>.+\.php)(?<path_info>.*)$ {
            include fastcgi_params;
            ## The fastcgi_params must be redefined from the ones
            ## given in fastcgi.conf. No longer standard names
            ## but arbitrary: named patterns in regex.
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$script;
            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $script;
            fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
            ## Passing the request upstream to the FastCGI
            ## listener.
            fastcgi_pass unix:/tmp/php5-fpm.sock;
        }

        ## Protect these locations. Replicating the .htaccess
        ## rules throughout the chive distro.
        location /protected {
            internal;
        }

        location /framework {
            internal;
        }

        ## Static file handling.
        location ~* .+\.(?:css|gif|htc|js|jpe?g|png|swf)$ {
            expires max;
            ## No need to bleed constant updates. Send the all shebang in one
            ## fell swoop.
            tcp_nodelay off;
            ## Set the OS file cache.
            open_file_cache max=100 inactive=120s;
            open_file_cache_valid 45s;
            open_file_cache_min_uses 2;
            open_file_cache_errors off;
        }
    }

    ## We need to capture the case where the index.php is missing,
    ## hence we drop out of the path info thingie.
    location ~* /([^\.])$ {
        return 302 /index.php/$1;
    }

    ## Close up git repo access.
    location ^~ /.git {
        return 404;
    }

}