config-scaffold.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name example.com;

    root /var/www/example;
    
    error_log /var/log/nginx/example.error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/example.access.log;

    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    charset utf-8;

    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    
    error_page 404 = /404;

    # Removes trailing slashes (prevents SEO duplicate content issues)
    if (!-d $request_filename) {
      rewrite ^/(.+)/$ /$1 permanent;
    }

    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location ~ /\. { return 404; }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "
            display_startup_errors = 0
            display_errors = 0
            log_errors = 1
            error_log = /var/log/nginx/example.php-error.log
            date.timezone = UTC
        ";
        fastcgi_param HTTPS off;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    }

}