MacPorts Yosemite PHP+nginx Installation

default.conf

# partial config from nginx.conf

server {
  listen 80 default_server;
  include security.conf; # ignore this

  root /web/www;
  index index.php index.html index.htm;
  server_name _ "";

  location ~ .php$ {
    try_files $uri =404;
    fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
    fastcgi_ignore_client_abort off;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE open_basedir="/web/www";
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    include fastcgi_params;
  }
}

HOWTO.md

Note that the installiation of nginx+php5 on MACOSX IS NOT RECOMMENDED unless you know what you're trying to do.

• both services are going to be running as root
• there is no configuration file set for php-cgi53

Tested on OSX 10.10.2 (Yosemite)

Refer to https://gist.github.com/renjunkui/1267057 for lower versions of MACOSX.

# install MacPorts at http://www.macports.org/install.php
user$ sudo su
Password:
root$ port selfupdate
root$ port update outdated
root$ port install nginx
root$ port install php53 +fastcgi fcgi # insert php53-(extension name) if required
root$ mkdir /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.php-fastcgi
root$ nano org.macports.php-fastcgi.plist # or vim
root$ ln -s /opt/local/bin/php53 php
root$ ln -s /opt/local/bin/php-cgi53 php
root$ cd /Libarary/LaunchDaemons
root$ ln -s /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.php-fastcgi/org.macports.php-fastcgi.plist org.macports.php-fastcgi.plist
root$ sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.php-fastcgi.plist

you can set further settings at /opt/local/etc/*

nginx.conf

worker_processes 1;
pid /opt/local/var/run/nginx/nginx.pid;

events {
  worker_connections 2048;
  multi_accept on;
}

http {
  sendfile on;
  tcp_nopush on;
  tcp_nodelay on;
  keepalive_timeout 15;
  types_hash_max_size 2048;
  server_tokens off;

  client_max_body_size 4096m;
  client_body_buffer_size 1k;
  client_body_timeout   10;
  client_header_timeout 10;
  send_timeout          10;

  include /opt/local/etc/nginx/mime.types;
  default_type application/octet-stream;

  # mkdir /opt/local/etc/nginx/log
  access_log /opt/local/etc/nginx/log/nginx_access.log;
  error_log /opt/local/etc/nginx/log/nginx_error.log;

  gzip on;
  gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)";
  gzip_comp_level 6;
  gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

  # mkdir /opt/local/etc/nginx/config
  include /opt/local/etc/nginx/config/*;

  # ssl does not seem to work in this method of installation
}

org.macports.nginx.plist

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd" >
<plist version='1.0'>
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key><string>org.macports.nginx</string>
    <key>UserName</key><string>root</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/opt/local/bin/daemondo</string>
      <string>--label=nginx</string>
      <string>--start-cmd</string>
      <string>/opt/local/sbin/nginx</string>
      <string>;</string>
      <string>--pid=fileauto</string>
      <string>--pidfile</string>
      <string>/opt/local/var/run/nginx/nginx.pid</string>
    </array>
    <key>Debug</key><false/>
    <key>Disabled</key><true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key><true/>
  </dict>
</plist>

org.macports.php-fastcgi.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
  <dict>
    <key>PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN</key>
    <string>5</string>
    <key>PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS</key>
    <string>1000</string>
  </dict>
  <key>UserName</key><string>root</string>
  <key>Label</key>
  <string>org.macports.php-fastcgi</string>
  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
  <array>
    <string>/opt/local/bin/php-cgi</string>
    <string>-b127.0.0.1:9000</string>
    <string>-q</string>
  </array>
  <key>KeepALive</key><true/>
  <key>RunAtLoad</key><true/>
  <key>Debug</key><false/>
</dict>
</plist>