nginx try_files with $host

Question

In my configuration i use the host-name($host) as directory so i don't need to make a entry for each domain in the config (only for development purpose)

one issue is that try_files failed i tried different ways but all of them without success.

try_files html\$host$uri =404;
try_files $document_root\$host$uri =404;
try_files $uri =404;

try_files $document_root\$host$fastcgi_script_name =404;

server {
listen       80;
server_name  default;

charset UTF-8;

#access_log  logs/host.access.log  main;

# redirect server error pages to the static pages
error_page  500 502 503 504  /error/50x.html;
error_page  404 = /error/404.html;
error_page  403 = /error/403.html;
location ^~ /error/ {
    internal;
    root   html/default;
}

location / {
    root   html/$host;
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
}

# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
location ~ \.php$ {
    #try_files html\$host$uri =404;
    #try_files $document_root\$host$uri =404;
    #try_files $uri =404;
    #try_files $document_root\$host$fastcgi_script_name =404;
    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_index  index.php;
    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root\$host$fastcgi_script_name;
    include        fastcgi_params;
}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

The concept it self is correct, but you are applying it in the wrong place, you should place this as a root for the server, not in the try_files

Also I believe you should use $http_host not $host, refer to this answer to know the difference

I don't know why your paths are not absolute, they should start with /

I'll add changes to your current posted config

server {
    #since you will match multiple domains I removed the server_name
    listen 80 default_server; 
    charset UTF-8; # don't really need this but it won't hurt.
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html/$http_host; #assuming this path
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
    # redirect server error pages to the static pages
    error_page  500 502 503 504  /error/50x.html;
    error_page  404 = /error/404.html;
    error_page  403 = /error/403.html;

    location ^~ /error/ {
        internal;
        root   /usr/share/nginx/html/default;
    }

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
    # these are the minimal required parameters.
    include        fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
    }
}

it was defined in the php block so that i can catch "No input file specified. " if a php file doesn't exist. — Tom, Jan 16 '14 at 18:51
you should handle that in the `location /`, let me edit my answer — Mohammad AbuShady, Jan 16 '14 at 19:42

nginx try_files with $host

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