Nginx dynamic matching .dev, subdomain to directory name for developing.

nginx.conf

server {

    listen 127.0.0.1:5002;
    listen [::1]:5002;
    server_name .dev;

    ## Set dev's base path in order to appending L1 name
    set $base_path "/Library/WebServer/Documents";
    ## Start domain regex match
    set $domain $host;
    set $subdomain "\/";
    if ($domain ~ "^((.+)\.)?(.*)\.dev$") {
        ## Extract L1 name from accessing domain *.{$domain}.dev
        set $domain $3;
        ## Extract L2 name from accessing domain {subdomain}.*.dev
        set $subdomain $2;
    }
    ## Append subdomain prefix if exists
    if (-d $base_path/$domain/$subdomain) {
        set $domain "${domain}/${subdomain}";
    
    ## Decide real path depends on $domain_path,
    ## attempting 'dist' for html apps using node
    ## attempting 'public' for backend apps like laravel
    set $domain_path "${domain}";
    if (-d $base_path/$domain_path/dist) {
        set $domain_path "${domain_path}/dist";
    }
    if (-d $base_path/$domain_path/public) {
        set $domain_path "${domain_path}/public";
    }

    ## Document root from $domain_path
    root $base_path/$domain_path;
    location / {
        index index.html index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
    }

    location @rewrite {
        if (-f $base_path/$domain_path/index.html) {
            rewrite ^(.+)$ $uri.html last;
        }
        if (-f $base_path/$domain_path/index.php) {
            rewrite ^(.+)$ $uri.php last;
        }
        if (!-f $request_filename){
            return 501;
        }
    }

    location ~ \.html$ {
        try_files $uri /index.html =404;
    }

    ## Pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on socket
    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php =404;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/usr/local/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root/$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param DOCUMENT_ROOT $realpath_root;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    ## Deny all attempts to access hidden files such as .htaccess, .htpasswd, .DS_Store(Mac)
    location ~ /\. {
        deny all;
    }

}