nginx userdir + PHP-FPM

default.conf

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;

    # ... other default site stuff, document root, etc. ...

    location ~ ^/~(?<userdir_user>.+?)(?<userdir_uri>/.*)?$ {
        alias   /home/$userdir_user/public_html$userdir_uri;
        index   index.html index.htm index.php;
        autoindex on;

        include php5_generic;
    }
}

php5_generic

location ~ \.php$ {
    include         fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME     $request_filename;
    fastcgi_pass    unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
}

Used to setup user directories on my personal server. Works brilliantly. Saved me a lot of time and stress. Thanks.

Thank you guy!

Really helpful. Thanks.

Here's what I'm doing for PHP + userdirs in ~user:

Amend default.conf:

    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    autoindex on;

    # user directories
    location ~ ^/~(?<userdir_user>[\w-]+)(?<userdir_uri>/.*)?$ {
        alias /home/$userdir_user/public_html$userdir_uri;

        location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
            include php5_common;
        }   
    }   

    # php support
    location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
        include php5_common;
    }   

Add php5_common:

include fastcgi_params;

fastcgi_index index.php;

# check if requested PHP file really exists
if (!-f $request_filename) {
    return 404;
}

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

fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm-www.sock;

Some notes:

• using one common include for php5 stuff
• using if to test for existence of PHP script file on disk before passing it to php-fpm (try_files doesn't work after the alias in the userdir context because alias overrides the document root, and this is a valid use of if)
• uses $request_filename instead of $fastcgi_script_name as it works better when you are using aliases, and provides the translated disk path for the script
• Doesn't bother with PATH_INFO or DOCUMENT_ROOT fastcgi parameters because I'm not sure I need them yet...

@alanorth Thanks! I added that to my nginx config (with a minor adjustment; the socket on Debian is /var/run/php5-fpm.sock) and it works perfectly.

The php5_generic cannot be included directly, it should be in a separate file. Otherwise it won't work.

Could this be modified to work with Gunicorn does anyone know?