Location confusion

[Igor Sysoev]

On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 03:20:48PM +0000, Igor Clark wrote:

> Hi there Igor et al,
> 
> How do I make
> 
> 	location ~ .php$ {
> 		// fastcgi stuff
> 	}
> 
> co-operate with
> 
> 	location ~ /admin/.* {
> 		// auth_basic stuff
> 	}
> 
> so that anything under /admin/ requires a username & password, but PHP  
> still serves the php files?
> 
> At the moment the "~ .php$" block seems to be taking precedence,  
> meaning that e.g. /admin/index.php is served without a username &  
> password, which is not what I intend. I've tried various combinations  
> but none have done exactly what I want; I'm sure it's simple!

    location ~ \.php$ {
        # fastcgi stuff
    }

    location ^~ /admin/ {
        # auth_basic stuff

        location ~ \.php$ {
            # fastcgi stuff
        }
    }

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