Nginx root configuration for Trailing Slash Solution - http://josephspurrier.com/trailing-slash-solution/

nginx.conf

http {
    # Ensure index.php is only allowed as index
    index index.php;

    server {
        listen    80;
        server_name  localhost;
        root /var/www;
        
        # Manage the slashes via rewrites
        merge_slashes off;
    
        # Strip main index.php and query string
        if ( $request_uri ~* ^/+index\.php\?+) {
            return 301 /;
        }
    
        # Strip multiple slashes and query string
        rewrite "^/+(.*[^/])/{2,}(.*)" /$1/$2 permanent;
        
        # Strip multiple leading slashes and query string
        rewrite "^/{2,}(.*)" /$1? permanent;
        
        # Add a trailing slash to folders like Apache
        if (-d $request_filename) {
            rewrite /(.*[^/])$ /$1/? permanent;
        }
        
        location @rewrites {
            # Send all requests to index.php
            rewrite ^ /index.php last;
        }
        
        location ~* \.php$ {
            try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrites;
            
            fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
            # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini
            # With php5-cgi alone:
            fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
            # With php5-fpm:
            #fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            include fastcgi_params;
        }
        
        location / {
            try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrites;
        }
    }
}

A sub folder Nginx config file is available here: https://gist.github.com/josephspurrier/9848964.

By using these two scripts, both applications will handle pages the same.