A default nginx config for php apps.

default.conf

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    root /var/www/html;
    index index.html index.htm index.php;
    server_name localhost;
    charset utf-8;

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

    location = /robots.txt  {
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        try_files $fastcgi_script_name =404;
        set $path_info $fastcgi_path_info;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass php:9000;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }

    error_page 404 /index.html;
}