How do I remove the file extension from URLs in nginx? -

let's have file named careers.php, how serve file when click link goes http://example.com/careers without file extension both .html , .php files nginx?

1. please note solution has account query strings. instance, url may http://example.com/careers?lang=fr.

2. also, i'd solution try subdirectories well. instance; if folder structure on server /views/careers.php, want http://example.com/careers still serve /views/careers.php.

my current configuration looks following:

server {     listen 80 default_server;      root /usr/share/nginx/landing-page;     index index.php index.html;      server_name example.com;      location / {         try_files $uri $uri/ =404;     }      error_page 404 /404.html;     error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;      location ~ \.php$ {         try_files $uri =404;         fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;         fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;         fastcgi_index index.php;         fastcgi_param script_filename $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;         include fastcgi_params;     } } 

a common solution uses try_files named location. existing location ~ \.php$ block used process .php files. avoid if statements.

location / {     try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite; } location @rewrite {     rewrite ^ $uri.php last; } location ~ \.php$ {     try_files $uri =404;     ... }