# Mod\_rewrite with Nginx? **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [March 26, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-rewrite-with-nginx/244359 "2016-03-26T17:56:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-rewrite-with-nginx/244359/1 "2016-03-26T17:56:03Z")
Hello is the first time that NGINX uses, and I’m turning my .htaccess to use it. Unfortunately the access is really long, and it is my first time I do this. I converted the .htaccess with nginx online tool, but unfortunately, load the conf changed, I restart the nginx service. When I click a link on the page, it automatically downloads Him the .php files. Here’s my .htaccess file: [http://pastebin.com/QiNGGbbn](http://pastebin.com/QiNGGbbn) Below is my .conf instead of Nginx: [http://pastebin.com/7DZKChGm](http://pastebin.com/7DZKChGm) Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[mod\_rewrite with Nginx?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,265668,265668#msg-265668)** > > Hello is the first time that NGINX uses, and I'm turning my .htaccess to use it. Unfortunately the access is really long, and it is my first time I do this. I converted the .htaccess with nginx online tool, but unfortunately, load the conf changed, I... ---
**Author:** ![Askancy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Askancy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Askancy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-rewrite-with-nginx/244359/2 "2016-03-26T23:14:24Z")
This online tool convert your .htaccess to nice nginx stuff 🙂 PS: IT’s not failproff but would help you a lot. [http://winginx.com/en/htaccess](http://winginx.com/en/htaccess) Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: mod\_rewrite with Nginx?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,265668,265670#msg-265670)** > > Hello is the first time that NGINX uses, and I'm turning my .htaccess to use it. Unfortunately the access is really long, and it is my first time I do this. I converted the .htaccess with nginx online tool, but unfortunately, load the conf changed, I... ---
**Author:** ![Askancy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Askancy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Askancy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-rewrite-with-nginx/244359/3 "2016-03-26T23:27:16Z")
Hi, thanks for the reply, I used it … but it still does not work … This is my new conf: [http://pastebin.com/93b58G68](http://pastebin.com/93b58G68) but it does not work… Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: mod\_rewrite with Nginx?](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,265668,265671#msg-265671)** > > Hello is the first time that NGINX uses, and I'm turning my .htaccess to use it. Unfortunately the access is really long, and it is my first time I do this. I converted the .htaccess with nginx online tool, but unfortunately, load the conf changed, I... ---
**Author:** ![Askancy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Askancy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Askancy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mod-rewrite-with-nginx/244359/4 "2016-03-27T22:12:16Z")
Copy-pasting configuration of using pre-cooked one is always a bad idea since you do not understand what you are dealing with. The same applies to automatic conversion tools since the paradigm behind the Apache Web server is totally different from the one from nginx: there is no one-to-one relationship (bijection) between the way to redact Apache configuration directives and nginx’ ones, so the very idea of such a tool is flawed. Too bad people keep trying to provide their attempt at it without thinking about that first. You deleted the first pastebins you provided. People reading the thread entirely thus cannot get a hang on your initial question. If you do the same about the last one, the whole thread will transform into junk for future reference. Now, about the configuration you provided in the last pastebin: 1. For the list of console names, a single rewrite at server level would have proven enough. You could have transformed it into a regex location + rewrite to take advantage of the precedence of location blocks depending on their type/modifiers 2. You could have grouped all the location blocks doing a similar jobs together 3. You do not provide a location dealing with the index.php file, so the default behavior would be for nginx to serve that file 4. You do not provide the whole configuration as there is no http block (which contains the server ones) nor do you provide what is in the included files at the end of it (particularly the one php.conf one whoch could prove useful) ​Please take some time to read nginx docs [http://nginx.org/en/docs/](http://nginx.org/en/docs/) to get a hang on the basics.​ There even is a ‘Beginner’s Guide’ to help you through. Generic tip: it is usually a good idea to prepare a minimal configuration depicting your problem rather than sending a huge, incomplete, configuration fil which is, in the end, useless. You are not encouraging people to help. Do your homework to show people you tried solving your own problem and saving as much of their time as possible. ## ​My 2 cents, _B. R._ On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Askancy [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)