ngnix.conf - On-Demand Image Creation and Static Delivery with NGINX

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# somewhere in the server section of any nginx config
# http://www.marceleichner.de/blog/on-demand-image-creation-and-static-delivery-with-nginx/

location ~* \.(png|gif|jpg|jpeg)(\?[0-9]+)?$ {
	# try existing files, or put request to index.php
	try_files $uri /thumbnailer.php?image=$uri;
	# old method when try_files did not exist
	# if (!-f $request_filename) {
	#	rewrite ^/(.*)$ /thumbnailer.php?image=$1 last;
	#	break;
	# }
}