we have a very simple configuration.

server block with location block

php is served through fastcgi and works fine

would like to add something like this:

location /nameofalias/ { alias /usr/local/nameofalias; }

but it does not seem to work, static files load fine.

the php location block is like this and works fine for the main location block of "location /"

location ~ .php$ { include fcgi; fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; }

what else is needed?