---
author: einar
categories:
- General
- Linux
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date: "2014-04-26T08:31:57Z"
post_format:
- Aside
slug: notes-to-self-nginx-piwigo-rewrite-rules
tags:
- nginx
- piwigo
- rewrite
title: 'Notes to self: nginx Piwigo rewrite rules'
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---

This was inspired by [this forum thread](http://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20449) on the Piwigo forums. Set up rewrite rules in nginx where "piwigo" is the path the gallery lies in:

{{< highlight nginx >}}

location @rewrite {
    rewrite ^/piwigo/picture((/|$).*)$ /piwigo/picture.php$1 last;
    rewrite ^/piwigo/index((/|$).*)$ /piwigo/index.php$1 last;
    # The following is needed for batch operations which use i.php
    rewrite ^/piwigo/i((/|$).*)$ /piwigo/i.php$1 last;
}

location /piwigo {
    index index.php;
    try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite;
}

location ~ ^(?<script_name>.+?\.php)(?<path_info>/.*)?$ {
    try_files $script_name = 404;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $path_info;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    include fastcgi_params;
}
{{< / highlight >}}

Lastly, add the relevant information to the Piwigo configuration (LocalFiles editor):

{{< highlight php >}}
$conf['php_extension_in_urls'] = false;
$conf['question_mark_in_urls'] = false;
{{< / highlight >}}