How to write a url rewrite in nginx?

Question

I want people type in http://www.myweb.com/like/1234456 will redirect to http://www.myweb.com/item.php?itemid=1234456

I wrote something like this in the config but

Answer 1

Try this,

server {
  server_name www.myweb.com;
  rewrite ^/like/(.*) http://www.myweb.com/item.php?itemid=$1 permanent;
}