Passing request directly to named location

[Dayo]

Igor Sysoev Wrote:
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> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 05:08:40AM -0500, Dayo
> wrote:
> > Hello all.
> > 
> > I currently have my php set up as so
> > 
> > 
> > ...
> > 	location ~ \..*/.*\.php$ {
> > 		return 403;
> > 	}
> > 	location ~* ^.+\.php$ {
> > 		try_files $uri/fail @proxy;
> > 	}
> > 	location @proxy {
> > 		proxy pass etc
> > 	}
> > 	location
> >
> some-location-that-sometimes-needs-rewriting-in-ap
> ache-htaccess {
> > 		try_files $uri $uri/ @proxy;
> > 	}
> > ...
> > 
> > 
> > Is there a way where when a '.php' file is
> equested, I just pass the
> > request to the '@proxy' location.
> > 
> > Now I have to use '$uri/fail' (a location that
> will never be found) so
> > that it will fail and then go to the '@proxy'
> location.
> > 
> > I see the time spent determining that
> '$uri/fail' does not exist to be a
> > waste but I can't do 'try_files @proxy'
> directly.
> > 
> > An option at also works is ... 
> > 
> > 
> > ...
> > 	location ~* ^.+\.php$ {
> > 		error_page 403 = @proxy;
> > 		return 403;
> > 	}
> > ...
> > 
> > 
> > Just wondering which is more efficient.
> 
> The one and single efficient and scaleable way is
> to define explictly
> how do you want to handle location, that is:
> 
>  	location ~* ^.+\.php$ {
> 		# BTW, what does this hack mean ???
> 		location ~ \..*/.*\.php$ {
> 	 		return 403;
> 	 	}
Got it from here:
http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,88845,88854#msg-88854
Not using fastcgi at present but wanted to stop any '.jpg/.php' type
attempts
> 
>  		proxy_pass  ...
>  	}
> 
> The lesser you have dependences, the lesser you
> will have maintence
> issues in future. Yes, you have to write more, but
> you see what
> how exactly this location is handled. If you ever
> need to change
> proxied server address, your favourite editor with
> find/replace
> functionality is your friend.
Thanks but I prefer to centralise things so that I only have to edit in
one place and not run the risk of missing stuff out.
So in terms of the try files and error page options, can you advise
which is better ... taking note of what you said about doing each proxy
pass every time?

Thanks

Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,174090,174102#msg-174102