Sample of Apache config vs Nginx config

gistfile1.apacheconf

<VirtualHost *:80>

    DocumentRoot /var/www/dev

    <Directory /var/www/dev>

        Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all

        # URL rewrite

        RewriteEngine on

        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

    </Directory>

    LogLevel warn
    ErrorLog /var/log/error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

gistfile2.nginxconf

server
{
    listen 80;

    access_log /var/log/access.log;
    error_log  /var/log/error.log;

    root /var/www/dev;

    index index.php;

    # Prevents access to the app and vendor directories

    location ~* ^/(application|system)
    {
        return 403;
    }

    # "URL rewrite"

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

    # Pass URIs ending in .php to the PHP interpreter

    location ~* \.php$
    {
        try_files       $uri =404;
        include         fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}