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sorin
Asked: 2012-05-10 14:39:27 +0800 CST

What is the easiest way to enable PHP on nginx?

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What is the easiest way to enable PHP on nginx on Ubuntu 12.04?

Best solution is the one that request minimal work, ideally just a package installation :)

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  1. Best Answer

    The following method will get you started fast on Ubuntu 12.04:

    Install the dependences:

    sudo apt-get install php5-common php5-cli php5-fpm

    Install nginx:

    sudo apt-get install nginx

    Start nginx:

    sudo service nginx start

    Test that it's working (should see "Welcome to nginx!")

    sudo service nginx stop

    In your nginx site configuration (/etc/nginx/sites-available/default), modify the line in the server {} section

    index index.html index.htm to index index.php index.html index.htm.

    Uncomment the lines in the server {} section starting with

    listen for ipv4 / ipv6 both.

    Scroll down to where it says location ~ \.php { and uncomment lines so it looks like this:

    location ~ \.php$ {
  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
  fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
  fastcgi_index index.php;
  include fastcgi_params;
}

    sudo service php5-fpm restart sudo service nginx restart

    Your default web root is located at /usr/share/nginx/www (per the config file). (See root /usr/share/nginx/www;

    (Note: For Ubuntu 12.10 or newer, you will need to replace the fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; line with this to make it work: fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;)

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  2. EDIT: As pointed out by Matt Browne you may be interested by this more recent post:
    How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP stack) in Ubuntu 16.04

    The papashou's answer is correct on old Ubuntu 12.04. Since Ubuntu 12.10, the configuration is a bit different. Here is what I did:

    Install

    sudo apt-get install nginx php5-fpm

    Enable PHP

    Uncomment the following lines in configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

    location ~ \.php$ {
    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
    # NOTE: You should have "cgi.fix_pathinfo = 0;" in php.ini

#   # With php5-cgi alone:
#   fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    # With php5-fpm:
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
}

    Start (or restart)

    sudo service php5-fpm restart
sudo service nginx restart

    Test nginx

    Opening this link http://localhost should display "Welcome to nginx!"

    Test php

    Create a php file:

    • The target path is the output of

      awk -F' |;' '/^[^#]*root/ {print $2}' /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

      e.g. /usr/share/nginx/www

    • Write a info.php file with:

      echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' | \
    sudo tee /usr/share/nginx/www/info.php

      or as one-liner

      echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' | \
    sudo tee "$(awk -F' |;' '/^[^#]*root/ {print $2}' /etc/nginx/sites-available/default)/info.php"

    Opening http://localhost/info.php should display the PHP information page.

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  3. sudo apt install nginx php-fpm

    Note the fpm version, or check php -v. 7.3.11-0ubuntu0.19.10.3 (cli) in my case.

    sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

    1. Set the correct root folder.

    2. Add index.php to the index directive.

    3. Uncomment the location handler for php, but leave the "php-cgi" line commented if you use php-fpm. Also ensure the correct fpm version lest you get "502 Bad Gateway" on localhost: fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;

    sudo service nginx restart

    That works on:

    $ nginx -v
nginx version: nginx/1.16.1 (Ubuntu)
$ uname -a
Linux cees-XPS-13-9380 4.15.0-1067-oem #77-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jan 20 09:23:07 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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