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    URL-rewriting for klein PHP router

Why rewrite URLs? Check Wikipedia
Apache

Make sure AllowOverride is on for your directory, or put in httpd.conf
# Apache (.htaccess or httpd.conf)
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule . /index.php [L] 

nginx

# basics
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

If you're trying to route requests for an app that is not in the document root, invoke klein's dispatch line like this:
<?php
   define('APP_PATH', '/your/webapp');
   dispatch(substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], strlen(APP_PATH)));
?>

Then in your nginx.conf file, use:
location /your/webapp/ {
   try_files $uri $uri/ /your/webapp/index.php?$args;
}

Don't do this.
# nginx
if (!-e $request_filename) {
    rewrite . /index.php last;
}

See nginx pitfalls.
More Reading


http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html
http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpRewriteModule
http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls
klein.php - simple, fast router for PHP

Note: This gist originally here, from chriso and updated based on this from jamesvl