The single directive can be used for Mongrel type configuration:

location / { file_match $uri $uri/index.html $uri.html @mongrel; }

location @mongrel { ... }

and Drupal/Joomla type configuration:

location / { file_match $uri @drupal; # the same as # error_page 404 = @drupal; log_not_found off; }

location ~ \.php$ { file_match $uri @drupal;

fastcgi_pass ... fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to$script_filename; }

location @drupal { fastcgi_pass ... fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /path/to/index.php; }

The file_match iterates parameters and changes URI to the first one that matches filesystem. An @name matches always and is used as fallback. All matches except fallback are handled in the same location context.