# \-f $request\_filename **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186 "2010-04-19T14:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/1 "2010-04-19T14:55:22Z")
Hello, Got something like this, but the break seams to not work, and the file is being processed by the php fastcgi process. Any clue why? location / { if (-f $request\_filename) { root /vhosts/default/test; break; } ``` try_files $uri $uri/ @fallback; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/spawn-fcgi.sock; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_param APPLICATION_TYPE $app_type; fastcgi_param APP_LANG $app_lang; fastcgi_param SERVER_TYPE $server_type; fastcgi_param ENVIRONMENT test; include fastcgi_params; ``` } ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/2 "2010-04-19T15:08:50Z")
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Tomasz P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello, > > Got something like this, but the break seams to not work, > and the file is being processed by the php fastcgi process. > > Any clue why? to put it short: (most likely) you’re doing it wrong. – O\< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - [www.asciiribbon.org](http://www.asciiribbon.org) ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/3 "2010-04-19T16:07:23Z")
Hello! On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 02:54:41PM +0200, Tomasz P. wrote: > ``` > try_files $uri $uri/ @fallback; > fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/spawn-fcgi.sock; > > ``` Wow. I wonder what you are trying to achieve… Maxim D. ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/4 "2010-04-19T17:28:11Z")
> > Hello, > > > > Got something like this, but the break seams to not work, > > and the file is being processed by the php fastcgi process. > > > > Any clue why? > > to put it short: (most likely) you’re doing it wrong > (most likely) you’re wasting bandwith with such comments ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/5 "2010-04-19T17:25:50Z")
> > ``` > > } > > > > try_files $uri $uri/ @fallback; > > fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/spawn-fcgi.sock; > > > > ``` > > Wow. I wonder what you are trying to achieve… When requesting [http://domain.tld/sitemap.xml](http://domain.tld/sitemap.xml) the request should got to the fastcgi process, because that needs to be generated from application. But when requesting other xml files it should use the files; ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/6 "2010-04-19T19:18:15Z")
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 05:25:12PM +0200, Tomasz P. wrote: > > > ``` > > > break; > > > > > > ``` > > But when requesting other xml files it should use the files; A generic method: location / { root /vhosts/default/test; try\_files $uri $uri/ @fallback; } location @fallback { fastcgi\_pass unix:/var/run/spawn-fcgi.sock; … } Or always pass XML to fastcgi: location / { root /vhosts/default/test; } location ~ .xml$ { fastcgi\_pass unix:/var/run/spawn-fcgi.sock; … } – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)** ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/7 "2010-04-20T04:30:50Z")
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:57 AM, Tomasz P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Â Â … > > $uri @fallback probably because no index was defined and autoindex is disabled. – O\< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - [www.asciiribbon.org](http://www.asciiribbon.org) ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/8 "2010-04-19T19:58:40Z")
> } This seems to work, just one question. The fastcgi application is Zend based, but i get an 403 forbiddened when try\_files is: $uri $uri/ @fallback when i set it up to: $uri @fallback it seems to work, why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tomasz\_P](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Tomasz_P)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/f-request-filename/187186/9 "2010-04-20T07:24:04Z")
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 07:57:54PM +0200, Tomasz P. wrote: > > ``` > > ... > > > > ``` > > it seems to work, why is that? When you request “/”, “try\_files $uri/” founds that there is a directory “/vhosts/default/test/” and nginx uses “location /” for handling the request. Then the directive “index” tries to find its default value “index.html”. If it can not find it, this leads to 403. Probably, you need location / { root /vhosts/default/test; try\_files $uri $uri/ @fallback; index index.php; } – Igor S. > **[Igor Sysoev](http://sysoev.ru/en/)**