nginx rewrite & parameter full-url and file extensions

[iivan]

Hi,
I will try to be brief. I have the following nginx rewrite url:

rewrite ^/(.*)?$ /index.php?completeURL=$1 last;

I want a url like:
http://mywebsite.com/http://www.otherwebsite.com/dir1/dirx/article.php&id=2&category=1

request:
http://mywebsite.com/index.php?completeURL=http://www.otherwebsite.com/dir1/dirx/article.php&id=2&category=1

Currently the nginx rule have a problem. Example: If the parameter contains
a .php extension he looks for that file on my server.

Example: http://mywebsite.com/article.php

How can I solve this problem in your opinion?

Posted at Nginx Forum: https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,266397,266397#msg-266397