Nginx configuration for PHP applications. Copy at /etc/nginx/sites-available/domain.com

nginx conf for php

server {
	listen 80; 
	#listen 80 default_server; if default server

	root /var/www/DOMAIN;
	index index.php index.html index.htm; 

	server_name DOMAIN.COM www.DOMAIN.COM;

	if ($http_x_forwarded_proto = "http") {
		return 301 
		https://$server_name$request_uri;
	}

	location / {
                # try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?q=$uri&$args;
        }

        error_page 404 /404.php;
        error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
                root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        }

	location ~ \.php$ {
                try_files $uri =404;
		fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                fastcgi_param DOMAIN.COM $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }

}