server {
		server_name  your-domain.com www.your-domain.com;
 
		location / {
			root html/default;
		}
 
		location ~ \.php$ {
			include fastcgi_params;
			fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /usr/local/nginx/html/default$fastcgi_script_name;
			fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
		}
	}

fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;
fastcgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD     $request_method;
fastcgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE       $content_type;
fastcgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH     $content_length;
 
fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param  REQUEST_URI        $request_uri;
fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_URI       $document_uri;
fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_ROOT      $document_root;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_PROTOCOL    $server_protocol;
 
fastcgi_param  GATEWAY_INTERFACE  CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx/$nginx_version;
 
fastcgi_param  REMOTE_ADDR        $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param  REMOTE_PORT        $remote_port;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_ADDR        $server_addr;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_PORT        $server_port;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_NAME        $server_name;
 
# PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
fastcgi_param  REDIRECT_STATUS    200;

worker_processes  1;
pid        logs/nginx.pid;
events { worker_connections  1024; }
http {
	include       mime.types;
	default_type  application/octet-stream;
	sendfile        on;
	keepalive_timeout  65;
 
	index index.html index.htm index.php;
	# Identical to Apache's DirectoryIndex, setting it in
	# the http block set it as a default for all server blocks within
 
	server {
		listen	80; 
		# since port 80 is set by default, you do not actually need
		# to set this, unless of course you are binding to a specific
		# address such as listen server-ip-address:80 or alternate port; 
 
		server_name  gyn0.com www.gyn0.com;
 
		root   html/default;
		# You will want to set your root here, since otherwise
		# $document_root within the php block will not work
		# if you set it in the location block you would also have 
		# to set the php block within that location as well
 
		location / {
			# Below are some wordpress-friendly rewrite rules
			if (-f $request_filename) {
				expires 30d;
				break;
			}
 
			if (!-e $request_filename) {   			
				rewrite ^/.+/?(/wp-.*) $1 last;
				rewrite ^/.+/?(/.*\.php)$ $1 last;
				rewrite ^/(.+)$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
			}
		}
 
		location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
		# If you haven't created a favicon for your site, you can keep
		# your access and error logs clean by turning off the logs
		# when a browser requests the fav icon (its also a good way
		# to keep your logs from filling with useless information)
 
		include php;
		# I prefer to keep my php settings in one file, so I can simply
		# paste this single line for each of my virtual hosts
	}
}

fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
# this will allow Nginx to intercept 4xx/5xx error codes
# Nginx will only intercept if there are error page rules defined
# -- This is better placed in the http {} block as a default
# -- so that in the case of wordpress, you can turn it off specifically
# -- in that virtual host's server block
 
location ~ \.php {
	fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
	# A handy function that became available in 0.7.31 that breaks down 
	# The path information based on the provided regex expression
	# This is handy for requests such as file.php/some/paths/here/ 
 
	include fastcgi_params;
	# Includes the modified fastcgi parameter file (see below)
 
	fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
	fastcgi_index  index.php;
}

fastcgi_param  QUERY_STRING       $query_string;
fastcgi_param  REQUEST_METHOD     $request_method;
fastcgi_param  CONTENT_TYPE       $content_type;
fastcgi_param  CONTENT_LENGTH     $content_length;
 
fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
#SCRIPT_NAME needs to remain without the document_root on front
#Otherwise PHP_SELF breaks, the interpreter will still find the file
#because of the added SCRIPT_FILENAME parameter below
 
fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
#This one was added right into the file, since with root moved, and path_info split
#It should no longer need to be set manually for each virtual host
 
fastcgi_param  REQUEST_URI        $request_uri;
fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_URI       $document_uri;
fastcgi_param  DOCUMENT_ROOT      $document_root;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_PROTOCOL    $server_protocol;
 
#the two lines below are possible now because of the fastcgi_split_path_info function
fastcgi_param  PATH_INFO          $fastcgi_path_info;
fastcgi_param  PATH_TRANSLATED    $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
 
fastcgi_param  GATEWAY_INTERFACE  CGI/1.1;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_SOFTWARE    nginx;
# I removed the version, as not to give away too much information
 
fastcgi_param  REMOTE_ADDR        $remote_addr;
fastcgi_param  REMOTE_PORT        $remote_port;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_ADDR        $server_addr;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_PORT        $server_port;
fastcgi_param  SERVER_NAME        $server_name;
 
#PHP only, required if PHP was built with --enable-force-cgi-redirect
fastcgi_param  REDIRECT_STATUS    200;

$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] -> var=foo
$_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"] -> /php.php
$_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] -> /usr/local/nginx/html/default/php.php
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] -> /php.php/a/path/string/?var=foo
$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_URI"] -> /php.php/a/path/string/
$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] -> /usr/local/nginx/html/default
$_SERVER["PATH_INFO"] -> /a/path/string/
$_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] -> /usr/local/nginx/html/default/a/path/string
$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] -> /php.php/a/path/string/