.htaccess to nginx rules

Question

I've read lots of threads here and in other community forums, also tried some htaccess to nginx generators, but I'm struck with this.

Thats my .htaccess

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(/$|\.) 
    RewriteRule (.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L] 

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

    RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>

And here's my nginx configuration:

location / {
  rewrite ^(.*)$ /$request_uri/ redirect;
  if (!-e $request_filename){
    rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php break;
  }
}

When I run my script I'm being redirected in a loop

http://127.0.0.1////////////////////video/tkOVwe1x49C8wgi////////////////////

Will glad to get any help about this!

`try_files`. Always use `try_files`. – womble Mar 01 '20 at 22:27 — womble, Mar 01 '20 at 22:27
Try: `location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php; }` – Richard Smith Mar 02 '20 at 09:57 — Richard Smith, Mar 02 '20 at 09:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '20 at 21:43

While converting your first RewriteRule:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(/$|\.) 
RewriteRule (.*) %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=301,L]

you completely ignore the condition: don't rewrite anything already ending with / or containing a . (whatever purpose the second condition could have). You can rewrite it using a location block:

location ~ ^[^\.]*[^\./]$ {
    # No leading '/' like in the Apache rule
    return 301 $uri/;
    # rewrite (.*) $uri/ permanent;
    # has the same effect
}

As already remarked by womble and Richard, the second condition should be converted using try_files.

Altogether your rewrite rules should be:

location ~ ^[^\.]*[^\./]$ {
    return 301 $uri/;
}

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

"whatever purpose the second condition could have" - I think the idea there is to avoid URLs that _look-like_ requests for files (ie. contain a file extension). — MrWhite, Mar 03 '20 at 00:11

.htaccess to nginx rules

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