nginx.conf.example

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    
    # Ideally, point your root to the public/ directory.
    # This automatically protects app/, writable/, vendor/ etc. as they are one level up.
    root /var/www/html/extplorer3/public;
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    # Pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        
        # With php-fpm (or other unix sockets):
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
        # With php-cgi (or other tcp sockets):
        # fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
    }

    # Security: Deny access to hidden files (except .well-known)
    location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
        deny all;
    }

    # Security: Explicitly deny access to sensitive folders/files if root is NOT set to /public
    # This is a fallback measure.
    location ~ ^/(app|writable|vendor|tests|build|spark|composer\.json|composer\.lock|README\.md|LICENSE|\.env|\.git) {
        deny all;
        return 404;
    }
}