defaults

location = /favicon.ico {
	log_not_found off;
	access_log off;
}

location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
	expires max;
	log_not_found off;
}

location ~ /\.ht {
	deny  all;
}

defaults-symfony2

location ~ \.php($|/) {
	include fastcgi_params;
	
	set $script $uri;
	set $path_info "";

	if ($uri ~ "^(.+\.php)($|/)") {
		set $script $1;
	}

	if ($uri ~ "^(.+\.php)(/.+)") {
		set $script $1;
		set $path_info $2;
	}
	
	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
	fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
	fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
	
	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $script;
	fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
}

symfony2_nginx.conf

server {
	server_name  symfony-se.local;
	root /playground/symfony-se/web;

	index app.php; #for production frontend

	location / {
		try_files $uri $uri/ /app.php;
	}

	include defaults;
	include defaults-symfony;
}