A Good Nginx Config

name.conf

server{
        listen 80;
        # Uncomment for SSL
        #listen 443;
        server_name example.com www.example.com;
        
        # Uncomment for SSL
        #ssl on;
        #ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/mycert.crt;
        #ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/mycert.key;
        
        access_log /var/log/nginx/mysite.access.log;

        root /myproject/public;
        index index.php index.htm index.html;

        gzip  on;
        gzip_static on;
        gzip_http_version 1.0;
        gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6].";
        gzip_vary on;
 
        gzip_comp_level 9;
        gzip_proxied any;
        gzip_types text/plain text/css application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;

        location / {
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
                # Example rewrite condition
                # rewrite ^/blog/2013/01/01/(.*)$ http://example.com/posts/$1 last;
        }

        location ~* \.php$ {
                root /myproject/public;
                fastcgi_pass    unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
                fastcgi_index   index.php;
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
                include         /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        }

        location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png)$ {
                expires max;
                add_header Pragma public;
                add_header Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
        }

        location ~ /\.ht {
                deny all;
        }
}