File Not Found when running PHP with Nginx

Question

Recently I installed the latest version of Nginx and looks like I\'m having hard time running PHP with it.

Here is the configuration file I\'m using for the domain:<

Answer 1

Probably it's too late to answer but a couple things since this is a really annoying error. Following solution worked on Mac OS X Yosemite.

1. It's the best if you have

fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;

2. The include with fast cgi params should go above that line.

3. All your directories down to the PHP file you're executing (including that file too) should have a+x permissions, e.g.

sudo chmod a+x /Users/
sudo chmod a+x /Users/oleg/
sudo chmod a+x /Users/oleg/www/
sudo chmod a+x /Users/oleg/www/a.php

Answer 2

When getting "File not found", my problem was that there was no symlink in the folder where was pointing this line in ngix config:

root /var/www/claims/web;

Answer 3

in case it helps someone, my issue seems to be just because I was using a subfolder under my home directory, even though permissions seem correct and I don't have SELinux or anything like that. changing it to be under /var/www/something/something made it work.

(if I ever found the real cause, and remember this answer, I'll update it)