Windows 10 Nginx + PHP

NGINX can interface with PHP on Windows via a FastCGI daemon, which ships with PHP: php-cgi.exe. You need to run php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1: and use fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:; in the NGINX configuration file. After being launched, php-cgi.exe will keep listening for connections in a command prompt window. To hide that window, use the tiny utility RunHiddenConsole

First

• Download nginx, choose stable version.
• Download PHP, choose non stable version.

Second

• Extract nginx to "C:\nginx"
• Extract php to "C:\php"
• Create folder "www" in your "C" system , "C:\www"

Third

• Edit your nginx.conf at "C:\nginx\conf\nginx.conf"

• Change root
  

      root c:/www;
  

• Save nginx.conf

• Open yout php folder, find php-ini-development

• Edit your php-ini-development, like down below.
  

      extension_dir = "ext" 
      enable_dl = On 
      cgi.force_redirect = 1 
      fastcgi.impersonate = 1 
      cgi.rfc2616_headers = 1 
      extension=php_gd2.dll 
      extension=php_mbstring.dll 
      extension=php_exif.dll 
      extension=php_mysql.dll 
      extension=php_mysqli.dll 
      extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll 
      date.timezone = "Asia/Jakarta" 
  

• Save it.

• Open your nginx.conf again

• Uncoment on php configuration and change to this
  

      # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9999
      location ~ \.php$ {
          fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9999;
          fastcgi_index  index.php;
          fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
          include        fastcgi_params;
      }
  

• Save nginx.conf again.

Fourth

• Set Php path
• Open your environment variable
  • Open "edit the system environment variables"
  • Click, "Environtment variables ..."
  • Edit "path" on "Sytem ariables"
  • Add new path "C:\php"

Create nginx start, stop & restart .bat

• Download RunHiddenConsole first, and move RunHiddenConsole.exe to "C:\".

• Create file "nginx-start.bat", edit file with down below, make your php-cgi.exe port same as in nginx.conf
  

      @ECHO OFF
  
      ECHO Starting PHP FastCGI...
      C:\RunHiddenConsole.exe C:\php8\php-cgi.exe -b 127.0.0.1:9999
  
      ECHO Starting NGINX
      start nginx.exe
  
      popd
      EXIT /b
  

• Create file "nginx-stop.bat", edit with this
  

      @ECHO OFF
      taskkill /f /IM nginx.exe
      taskkill /f /IM php-cgi.exe
      EXIT /b
  

• Create file "nginx-restart.bat"
  

      @ECHO OFF
      call nginx-stop.bat
      call nginx-start.bat
      EXIT /b
  

Test

• Doble click on "nginx-start.bat"
• Open your browser if every thing work you can see like this
• Create folder like "test-php" in "C:\www"

• Create file "index.php"
  

   <?php phpinfo(); ?>
  

• Open your browser and go to "localhost/test-php"

• If every thing ok you can see
  

• At the end , nginx php now working.

Notes:
Sometimes , nginx & php cannot working properly if your run with nginx-start.bat
so you need to run php manually
open your terminal, run your php "php-cgi -b 127.0.0.1:9999"
and now your nginx & php work properly