Nginx redirect if cookie present

Question

I\'ve seen some limited resources on checking for cookies with Nginx, but I couldn\'t really find the answer I was looking for, hopefully some of you Nginx masters can give

Answer 1

That makes sense. I would define another virtual host (beta.example.com) with that different root folder and upon encountering cookie - do a rewrite

You can't set different roots for a domain conditionally, but you can redirect (rewrite) to another domain conditionally

This guy's example helped me a bit ago http://nicknotfound.com/2009/01/12/iphone-website-with-nginx/