Nginx, PHP and rewrite - nginx

Question

How do I make PHP-FPM rules play nicely with Nginx rewrite rules?
Current config file
server {
location / {
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi.conf;
}
if (!-e $request_filename){
rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?routestring=$1 break;
}
rewrite ^/(admincp/)$ /index.php?routestring=$1 break;
}
}

Answer 1

Change your location block to the following. Also try to avoid if statements, read about it (and more) here: http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls
I've replaced the if (!-e ...) part with the #missing block in the config below.
server {
root /your/root/path
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name your.domain.com;
rewrite ^/(admincp/)$ /index.php?routestring=$1 break;
location / {
# First attempt to serve request as file, then
# as directory, then fall back to index.php
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
location ~ \.php$ {
# Move to the #missing part when the file doesn't exist
try_files $uri #missing;
# Fix for server variables that behave differently under nginx/$
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
# Include the standard fastcgi_params file included with ngingx
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_index index.php;
# Override the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable set by fastcgi_params
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_nam$
# Pass to upstream PHP-FPM; This must match whater you name you$
#fastcgi_pass phpfpm;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
}
location #missing {
rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?routestring=$1 break;
}
}