Problems with fastcgi php migration

[Ian M. Evans]

Igor,

Changing the config to:

location / {
root /usr/local/apache/htdocs;
index index.shtml index.php;
}

location ~ \.(shtml|php)$ {
root /usr/local/apache/htdocs;
include /usr/local/nginx/conf/fastcgi.conf;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:10004;
}

fixed the problem of not finding the index.shtml or .php files BUT it 
BROKE the passing of the extensionless files like galleries, polls, etc 
to the fastcgi server.

In the current Apache backend, I have a bunch of files directives like:

<Files galleries>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>
<Files news>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>
<Files poll>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

which handle the extensionless php files.

In my nginx.conf, do I need to explicitly state these extensionless PHP 
files (there's 10 of them) in a location directive(s) and have that 
passed to the fastcgi?

At least I feel a bit closer now...