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Nginx configuration file example for Sendy (http://sendy.co/).
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sendy-server
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name domain.com;
autoindex off;
index index.php index.html;
root /srv/www/domain.com/public;
access_log /srv/www/domain.com/logs/access.log;
error_log /srv/www/domain.com/logs/error.log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.php?$args;
}
location /l/ {
rewrite ^/l/([a-zA-Z0-9/]+)$ /l.php?i=$1 last;
}
location /t/ {
rewrite ^/t/([a-zA-Z0-9/]+)$ /t.php?i=$1 last;
}
location /w/ {
rewrite ^/w/([a-zA-Z0-9/]+)$ /w.php?i=$1 last;
}
location /unsubscribe/ {
rewrite ^/unsubscribe/(.*)$ /unsubscribe.php?i=$1 last;
}
location /subscribe/ {
rewrite ^/subscribe/(.*)$ /subscribe.php?i=$1 last;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~* ^.+.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|png|js|ico|xml)$ {
access_log off;
log_not_found off;
expires 30d;
}
}
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tiffneybare commented Aug 11, 2025

🛠 Handling Pretty URLs in Sendy with nginx

If links like /logout or /settings download a .php file instead of loading the page, nginx is serving the file as static content instead of executing it with PHP-FPM.

Fix: Catch-all rewrite for extensionless URLs

This config snippet rewrites /route to /route.php if the file exists, otherwise falls back to index.php. It works for all routes, so you don’t need separate rules for /login, /logout, /settings, etc.

# Normal routing: serve files/dirs, else hand off to @extless
location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ @extless;
}

# Handle extensionless routes
location @extless {
    if (-f $document_root$uri.php) {
        rewrite ^ /$uri.php last;    # internal rewrite → PHP-FPM
    }
    rewrite ^ /index.php?$args last; # fallback
}

# PHP handler
location ~ \.php$ {
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock; # adjust PHP version if needed
}

# Sendy tracking rewrites (keep existing)
location ~ ^/(l|t|w|(un)?subscribe)/ {
    rewrite ^/([^/]+)/(.*)$ /$1.php?i=$2 last;
}

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