'Slash arguments' problem

'Slash arguments' problem

by Yons Phan -
Number of replies: 5

Hi everybody,

My system is using Nginx server. To use SCORM packages, I enabled 'Use Slash arguments' feature in Moodle. In addition, I  was instructed by Moodle Docs to configure the server to use this feature using the code below (in nginx.conf location):


location ~ [^ /] \. php (/ | $)

{Fastcgi_split_path_info ^ (. + \. Php) (/.+) $;

  fastcgi_index index.php;

  fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000 (php-fpm or your socket);

  fastcgi_params include;

  fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $ fastcgi_path_info;

  fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $ document_root $ fastcgi_script_name; }


However, I'm facing a problem at the moment when Slash arguments feature is enabled, all images are not displayed on my website.

Please give me some advice. Many thanks.

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Re: 'Slash arguments' problem

by Howard Miller -
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I don't know anything about Nginx but no images is the number one symptom of slasharguments not working. 

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Re: 'Slash arguments' problem

by Helen Foster -
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Sorry I don't know anything about Nginx either, but here is a link to the documentation page - Nginx. Hopefully an Nginx expert will come along soon and check that it is correct.

For anyone else reading this discussion, the documentation Using slash arguments may also be of help.

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Re: 'Slash arguments' problem

by Alex Walker -

With slash arguments, the web service redirects something.php/address/of/file to something.php?file=/address/of/file. Apache with mod_php handles this automatically. NGINX doesn't. You need a rewrite rule to redirect these requests. Don't put it in the 'location' block - put it above (outside) it.

rewrite ^/(.*\.php)(/)(.*) /$1?file=/$3
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Re: 'Slash arguments' problem

by Matteo Scaramuccia -
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Hi Alex,
your rewrite rule just works but I strongly suggest people to use a better Nginx configuration to (re)create the correct PATH_INFO support, required by Moodle.

HTH,
Matteo

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