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9 changes: 8 additions & 1 deletion setup/web_server_configuration.rst
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Expand Up @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ The **minimum configuration** to get your application running under Nginx is:
# Remove the internal directive to allow URIs like this
internal;
}

# return 404 for all other php files not matching the front controller
# this prevents access to other php files you don't want to be accessible.
location ~ \.php$ {
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or ``config.php`` scripts (i.e. ``http://example.com/app_dev.php`` and ``http://example.com/config.php``).
If you *can* access these, be sure to remove the ``DEV`` section from the above configuration.

.. note::

By default, Symfony applications include several ``.htaccess`` files to
configure redirections and to prevent unauthorized access to some sensitive
directories. Those files are only useful when using Apache, so you can
safely remove them when using Nginx.
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I would also add that they would better be replaced by a virtual host config for performance reasons.


For advanced Nginx configuration options, read the official `Nginx documentation`_.

.. _`Apache documentation`: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/
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