Enabling PathInfo Mode for ThinkPHP on Nginx: Configuration and Rewrite Solutions

When running a ThinkPHP project on Apache, the server natively supports PathInfo mode, so all four ThinkPHP access modes work without issue. However, on Nginx this often fails because older versions lack PathInfo support and newer versions (≈0.7+) have it disabled by default.

Reason: Low‑version Nginx does not support PathInfo; higher‑version Nginx supports it but the feature is not turned on.

Solution 1 – Enable PathInfo in Nginx: In the site configuration locate the location ~ \.php$ { ... } block, remove the trailing $ symbol, and add the following directives inside the braces:

fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;

fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;

fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;

Save the file and restart Nginx. The server will now support PathInfo, allowing URLs such as www.example.com/index.php/admin/index/test to work.

Note: If your templates use the U() function, replace the fastcgi_split_path_info line with:

fastcgi_split_path_info ^((?U).+\.php)(/?.+)$;

Solution 2 – Rewrite to hide the entry file (index.php): In the location / { ... } block, add the following rewrite rules:

if (!-e $request_filename) {

rewrite ^(.*)$ /index.php?s=$1 last;

break;

}

Save and restart Nginx. After this, Nginx will fully support PathInfo mode, and URLs like www.example.com/admin/index/test will resolve correctly.