nginx config to run prestashop 1.6.x

this port is initially based on original settings & restrictions from prestashop bundle aimed at apache httpd

v2 has been completely revised & improved — the ruleset has been rearranged in native nginx way to utilize its power, thus forcing pages to load up to 5-10x faster¹

[nb] the last rule at fpm-prestashop.conf assumes the upstream block w/ name php is declared at http section of your nginx.conf

if not, you gotta declare it this way to get the whole thing working properly

        upstream php {
            
            server unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        
        }

in turn, the above declaration assumes the php-fpm daemon is available thru socket unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock

if not, you gotta either configure your php-fpm daemon pool to listen this socket or replace unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock w/ your pool settings respectively

for example, if your php-fpm daemon is running w/ default pool settings like listen = 127.0.0.1:9000 replace unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock w/ 127.0.0.1:9000

one more & last thing on php-fpm daemon pool config — it's highly recommended for security purposes either to leave the line security.limit_extensions commented or to uncomment it & set (cut) the value exactly to .php removing the rest

;security.limit_extensions = .php .php3 .php4 .php5

security.limit_extensions = .php

[1] the lion's share of the boost is achieving due to replacement of the snail rewrite rules w/ the rapid return / try_files ones↺

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Juliy V. Chirkov,
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