i'm trying to figure out how to use php within an location that has alias

location /alias { alias /path/to/aliased; access_log off; access_log /var/log/nginx/testing_access.log main; error_log /var/log/nginx/testing_error.log debug; index index.php; include /usr/local/etc/nginx/_macros/php.conf; }

i can use php fine in 'root' locations. i'm having troubles mapping php to an alias location though ( /usr/local/etc/nginx/_macros/php.conf is the php config macro i wrote )

i keep seeing this: 2006/12/08 18:12:18 [debug] 7922#0: *65 http upstream check client, write event:1, "/alias/index.php"

anyone have a suggestion?