Friendly URL in nginx

[mgomes]

 

Hello!

 

I'm a big fan of nginx instead of apache. But the htaccess file does not work in nginx, tha has is own rewrite rules.

 

Does anyone know how to implement the Friendly URL feature in nginx?

 

Thanks

 

M. Gomes

[rem101]

Hi,

I run PrestaShop under nginx, these are the rewrite rules that I use in my nginx.conf.

rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$1 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 last;


I put these under location / right below the root entry.

Hope that helps.

http://www.cheapcharliesbilliards.com

[e-ghost]

hi! any official updated version of nginx rewrite for the latest v1.3?

As by now we have more then 4 rows of rewrite for Apache (generated from PS back office). The old 4 are:

RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$1$3 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]

These 4 can use the above nginx rewrite to handle with minor amendment. But what about the follow?

# URL rewriting rules
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2$3.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([0-9]+)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$3&isolang;=$1$5 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2&isolang;=$1$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$2&isolang;=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /cms.php?id_cms=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/(.*)$ /$2?isolang=$1 [QSA,L,E]

Since by now PS v1.3 also create virtual sub-folders for the "sub-categories" so even the above previous 4 rewrite work, the image will be missed too. Anyone can help? Thanks!

[e-ghost]

oh~ even official forum cannot help? :'(

[miracle]

Hi,

you have to add "" when curly braces( { and } ) are used both in regexes...

Hereafter my modifications for the Prestashop v1.3, it seems to work for me

rewrite ^/([a-z0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2$3.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([0-9]+)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$3&isolang;=$1$5" last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2&isolang;=$1$4" last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$2&isolang;=$1" last;
rewrite ^/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2$4 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$1 last;
rewrite ^/content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /cms.php?id_cms=$1 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/(.*)$ /$2?isolang=$1" last;

[Guest]

Hi,

you have to add "" when curly braces( { and } ) are used both in regexes...

Hereafter my modifications for the Prestashop v1.3, it seems to work for me

rewrite ^/([a-z0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2$3.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([0-9]+)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$3&isolang;=$1$5" last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2&isolang;=$1$4" last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$2&isolang;=$1" last;
rewrite ^/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2$4 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$1 last;
rewrite ^/content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /cms.php?id_cms=$1 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/(.*)$ /$2?isolang=$1" last;

THX a lot!! YOU rocks!

[Joedit]

hi! any official updated version of nginx rewrite for the latest v1.3?

As by now we have more then 4 rows of rewrite for Apache (generated from PS back office). The old 4 are:

RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$1$3 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]

These 4 can use the above nginx rewrite to handle with minor amendment. But what about the follow?

# URL rewriting rules
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2$3.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([0-9]+)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$3&isolang;=$1$5 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2&isolang;=$1$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$2&isolang;=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /cms.php?id_cms=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/(.*)$ /$2?isolang=$1 [QSA,L,E]

Since by now PS v1.3 also create virtual sub-folders for the "sub-categories" so even the above previous 4 rewrite work, the image will be missed too. Anyone can help? Thanks!

I meet the same problem, the images are missing.

[Joedit]

Hi,

you have to add "" when curly braces( { and } ) are used both in regexes...

Hereafter my modifications for the Prestashop v1.3, it seems to work for me

rewrite ^/([a-z0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2$3.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([0-9]+)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$3&isolang;=$1$5" last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2&isolang;=$1$4" last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$2&isolang;=$1" last;
rewrite ^/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$2$4 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /product.php?id_product=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /category.php?id_category=$1 last;
rewrite ^/content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /cms.php?id_cms=$1 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 last;
rewrite "^/lang-([a-z]{2})/(.*)$ /$2?isolang=$1" last;

it's nice work. but all images are missing. shall I already adjust somewhere in prestashop php files?

[sanbergfan]

where should I paste this? in /conf/nginx ?
Can be just like it is above?

[visions.se]

Having an issue with multilanguage and the rewrite rules in nginx - they're producing a 404 error.
I'm running PS1.3.3.0.

Anyone else have got a problem with that? Default language works perfectly, but when it switches to any other it throws errors.

[strapper]

hello,

for this i asked for a new feature :

http://www.prestashop.com/bug_tracker/view/8036/

please comment this feature for telling prestashop we're needing this

[floortje]

Thx for the ruleset !

For nginx + apache (apache+apc is still faster with php compared to php-fpm) use something like

server{

location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|png)$ {
access_log off;
expires max;
rewrite ^/([a-z0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2$3.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)\-([0-9]+)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/p/$1-$2.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg last;
}

location / {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
include /etc/nginx/proxy.conf;
}
}

ps to solve the 502 error add something like
proxy_buffers 8 16k;
proxy_buffer_size 32k;

to http { } in nginx.conf

[lsun]

For the latest version of PrestaShop(1.4.8), Use the following rewrite rules:

http://liangsun.org/2012/08/how-to-translate-apaches-rewriterule-into-nginxs-rewrite/

[jayaveer]

Can anyone post nginx rewrite rules for 1.5?

[up2date]

Hi

Here is my nginx config with php fastcgi, for prestashop 1.5.

Working well for now.

I added ?$args for the try_files line because no parameters arrived to index.php, this is normal, in nginx documentation is said:

Unlike with rewrite, $args are not automatically preserved if the fallback is not a named location.

 

 

location / {
index index.php;
rewrite ^/api/?(.*)$ /webservice/dispatcher.php?url=$1 last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$1$2$3.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$1$2$3$4.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$1$2$3$4$5.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$1$2$3$4$5$6.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9.jpg last;
rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$8/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9$10.jpg last;
rewrite ^/c/([0-9]+)(\-[\.*_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2$3.jpg last;
rewrite ^/c/([a-zA-Z-]+)(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg last;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

fastcgi_buffers 8 16k;
fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;

location ~ \.php$ {
   try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
fastcgi_param GEOIP_COUNTRY_CODE $geoip_country_code;
fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
fastcgi_pass phpfcgi;
}

 

hope this helps

 

 

Note that I defined

fastcgi_intercept_errors off;

and didn't define

error_page 404 /index.php?controller=404;

, because 404 error page is handled by index.php.

 

 

Also note that using the try_files allows to serve static files like module images...

We could have replaced the line with:

if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite ^.*$ /index.php last;
}

This was working, but is definitely not recommended http://wiki.nginx.org/IfIsEvil

 

 

The second try_files (in the location php), is for example you go to www.yourdomain.com/test.php and this file doesn't exist, it will go to /index.php instead of displaying "No input file specified.".

Edited October 8, 2012 by up2date (see edit history)

[mikenotion]

Hi,

 

I have the correct nginx rewrite rules set-up, but how have you all managed to enable Friendly URLs in the Preferences?

 

It won't let me enable it and forces it to stay as "No" because it complains that mod_rewrite is not enabled, but this is an apache module.

 

How has everyone enabled this option? PS 1.5.3

[up2date]

It's soem months I havent used prestashop, I will install 1.5.3 tonight or tomorrow then I'll tell you what to do.

When I tried with 1.5.2 it was working well so I guess it's a small thing to make it work.

Did you generate the .htaccess file from preferences (even if you're not using apache, doesn't care, I generated it at least to make prestashop warning shut up). Maybe this is the reason you cannot activate it, let me know.

[mikenotion]

up2date, it is a bug where some options revert back to their old state, see my post here:

 

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/222671-i-cant-enable-the-friendly-url-option-when-using-nginx-why/page__p__1097388?do=findComment&comment=1097388

[up2date]

I installed prestashop 1.5.3.1 today, I got the same warning, but the option remained activated, this bug didn't happen on my config, I think because I don't use APC but instead I installed a memcached server, I had to modify the original MemCached class in prestashop source because they use an old feature (that wasn't really a feature to be used for production code).

I had no reason to use Memcached over APC, just that I often used memcached and never APC...

Is it ok now on your side for rewrite rules? I post them again just in case:

 

location ~ \.tpl$ {
 deny all;
}
location / {
 index index.php;
 rewrite ^/api/?(.*)$ /webservice/dispatcher.php?url=$1 last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$8/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9$10.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8$9.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$6/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7$8.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$5/$1$2$3$4$5$6$7.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$4/$1$2$3$4$5$6.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$3/$1$2$3$4$5.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$2/$1$2$3$4.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/([0-9])(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)?(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/p/$1/$1$2$3.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/c/([0-9]+)(\-[\.*_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2$3.jpg last;
 rewrite ^/c/([a-zA-Z_-]+)(-[0-9]+)?/.+\.jpg$ /img/c/$1$2.jpg last;
 try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

location ~ \.php$ {
 try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
 include /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
 include /etc/nginx/conf.d/geoip_city.conf.inc;
 fastcgi_buffers 8 16k;
 fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
 fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
 fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/phpfcgi/mysock.sock;
}

[alsitn]

@up2date

 

Your config works like a treat! Especially the $args solution.

Thanks a lot

[up2date]

you're welcome!

finally I moved to Magento, that is much much much more profesionnal, at many points of vue, I won't make a full list, but as a developper, magento is much more well written, with MVC patterns, everything separated.

Customization is more complicated, but once you understand how it works it's ok.

prestashop is a company that fired many employes (I heard that they passed from many developers to only 2!), there is no upgrade plans, etc etc etc

And keep in mind that prestashop always tried to copy magento features.... it's like prestashop is a bad student, and magento good teacher...