Convert lighttpd rewrite rule to nginx

[Edho Arief]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:23 AM, justin <nginx-forum at nginx.us> wrote:
> I have the following simple lighttpd rewrite rule:
>
>     $HTTP["host"] =~ "^(app\.mydomain\.com)$" {
>         url.rewrite-once = (
>                 "^[^.]*$" => "controller.php/$1"
>         )
>     }
>
> I am trying to port this rule to nginx and have the following:
>
>     server {
>       listen 80;
>
>       server_name app.mydomain.com;
>
>       if ($host = 'app.mydomain.com') {
>         rewrite ^[^.]*$ controller.php/$1 last;
>       }
>
>       root /srv/www/domains/app.mydomain.com;
>
>       index index.php;
>
>       access_log /var/log/nginx/domains/app.mydomain.com/access.log;
>       error_log /var/log/nginx/domains/app.mydomain.com/error.log;
>
>       include /etc/nginx/excludes.conf;
>       include /etc/nginx/php.conf;
>      include /etc/nginx/expires.conf;
> }
>
> The problem is that the rewrite rule for nginx is not working correctly?
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>

Maybe post the content of php.conf. Also, the if test is not needed.