Nginx rewrite rule for cms backend - apache

Question

I need to make url rewrite rules (server blocks) in nginx server same like in my previous apache server.
This is code from .htaccess what I need to implement (convert) into my existing one:
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/([A-Za-z0-9-/_]+)$ admin/index.php?hotelname=$1&do=$2 [QSA]
RewriteRule ^(([A-Za-z0-9-/]+)+)$ admin/index.php?hotelname=$1 [L]
This code is in my website because I need to hide in adress bar folder(/admin/) where is located files after login. And when somebody is already login, adress bar is like www.domain.com/username and when you click to menu adress is like www.domain.com/username/page1, www.domain.com/username/page2, www.domain.com/username/page3.
This is what I need to achive in nginx. Because now is complete backend without function. When I login to backend, I'm redirected to www.domain.com/username but on screen I can see only File not found. In backend working only when I manualy add www.domain.com/admin/index.php.
This is my actual config for nginx :
server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
return 301 $scheme://www.example.com$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 80;
root /usr/share/nginx/www;
index index.php;
server_name www.example.com;
error_page 404 http://www.example.com/404.php;
autoindex off;
location / {
rewrite ^([^\.]*)$ /$1.php;
}
location = / {
rewrite ^ /index.php;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
When I try to change my block to:
location / {
rewrite ^([^\.]*)$ /$1.php;
rewrite ^/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/([A-Za-z0-9-/_]+)$ /admin/index.php?hotelname=$1&do=$2;
rewrite ^/(([A-Za-z0-9-/]+)+)$ /admin/index.php?hotelname=$1 break;
}
Each my css file have error 500...
I will be very grateful with any help!
Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

You are putting this in your / location, that means that all your requests not matched before you drop here. You have to create a location role specific for this entry before the location /
location ^/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/([A-Za-z0-9-/_]+)$ {
rewrite ^/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/([A-Za-z0-9-/_]+)$ /admin/index.php?hotelname=$1&do=$2;
}