local nginx configuration with magic context routing - running php-fpm on 9000

nginx.conf

worker_processes  1;

events {
    worker_connections  1024;
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    sendfile        on;
    keepalive_timeout  65;

    server {
        listen       80;
    	server_name  ~^(?<project>[^.]+)\.local$;

    	root   /Users/logsol/Work/projects/www/${project}/;
        index  index.html index.htm index.php;

    	error_log /Users/logsol/Work/projects/www/error.log;

        error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
        location = /50x.html {
            root   html;
        }

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

        location ~ .php$ {
            include        /usr/local/etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
            fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
            #fastcgi_pass   unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index  index.php;
            fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
            include        fastcgi_params;
        }

    }
}