Nginx Virtual Host for PhalconPHP with Gzip and Expires

example.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    # server_name _; # if no server name
    root /usr/share/nginx/www/example.com/public;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    # rewrite to Phalcon bootstrap

    try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
    location @rewrite {
        rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?_url=/$1;
    }

    # gzip compression

    gzip on;
    gzip_disable "msie6";
    gzip_vary on;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_buffers 16 8k;
    gzip_http_version 1.1;
    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

    # PHP-FPM

    location ~ .php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        # NOTE: Could be "unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock" in some distros
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    # no logging for favicon

    location ~ favicon.ico$ {
        access_log off;
    }

    # deny access to .htaccess files
    
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }

    # expires of assets (per extension)

    location ~ .(jpe?g|gif|png|webp|ico|css|js|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz2|7z|tar|pdf|txt|mp4|m4v|webm|flv|wav|swf)$ {
        if ($args ~ [0-9]+) {
            expires max;
        } else {
            expires 30d;
        }
    }

    # expires of assets (per path)

    location ~ ^/(css|js|img|files) {
        if ($args ~ [0-9]+) {
            expires max;
        } else {
            expires 30d;
        }
    }
}