Does Zend Framework work with Nginx (without apache)?

Question

I have a project developed in zf2 and currently use a shared hosting with Apache, but I will migrate to the VPS of Digital Ocean and I will configure the server with Nginx as it has better performance.

I mean, instead of Apache, I’ll use Nginx.

Will my system developed in ZF2 will work normally on Nginx or will have to make some modification?

Answer 1

I don’t see why that would be a problem. HTTP servers do nothing more than respond to an access through a certain URL, through a certain port, with the desired HTTP content.

What you need to check is that all the modules you need for the project are enabled, and that the virtual host is properly configured. Usually the modules include support for the desired language (in this case, PHP), URL writing, SSH, among others. Virtual host configuration is also usually quiet.

Answer 2

I believe that the only dependencies of Zf2 are in relation to PHP and mod_rewrite (if you’re going to use friendly urls) as quoted in own manual of the Zf!.

If you’re gonna use the friendly urls (which is not a must) then you will have to make modifications, since the file . htaccess will not work on Ngnix as it is an Apache document, however Ngnix as well as Apache allows you to create friendly urls

You can probably use the try_files:

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

Ngnix documentation:

https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/recipes/zend/#time-for-Nginx

You’ll probably be able to do anything with Ngnix that would do in the Apache, however in another way.

A page that can help you convert your file. htacces: http://winginx.com/en/htaccess

She is not as smart as "a person", but helps to break a branch, however I recommend taking a look at Ngnix, it can be as simple as Apache.

Requirements:

The question here only talks about dependencies on Zf2 in relation to Ngnix and there was no need to post about php itself, but I will cite PHP dependencies as an add-on that can help other doubting people:

• PHP 5.2.4 or later

PHP extensions used by the components of Zend:

Not all extensions will be needed, this will depend on the component

• apc, Soft, bcmath, bitset, bz2, calendar, com_dotnet, ctype, ZendGData, ZendHttpClient, ZendPdf, ZendRestClient, ZendRestServer, ZendSearchLucene, Zend_Uri, Zend_Validate, curl, date, dba, dbase, dom, Zend_Dom, Zend_Feed, ZendGData, ZendLogFormatterXml, ZendRestServer, Zend_Soap, ZendSearchLucene, ZendServiceAmazon, ZendServiceDelicious, ZendServiceFlickr, Zend_XmlRpc, exif, fbsql, fdf, filter, ftp, gd, ZendPdf, gettext, gmp, hash, ibm_db2, iconv, ZendLocaleFormat, Zend_Mime, ZendPdf, ZendSearchLucene, ZendServiceAudioscrobbler, ZendServiceFlickr, ZendValidateHostname, ZendValidateStringLength, ZendXmlRpcClient, igbinary, imap, informix, interbase, json, ZendSerializerAdapterJson, ldap, libxml, mbstring, mcrypt, memcache, mhash, mime_magic, ming, msql, mssql, mysql, mysqli, ncurses, oci8, odbc, openssl, pcntl, pcre, pdo, pdo_dblib, pdo_firebird, pdo_mssql, pdo_mysql, pdo_oci, pdo_pgsql, pdo_sqlite, pgsql, posix, pspell, readline, recode, Reflection, Zend_Filter, ZendFilterInput, Zend_Json, Zend_Log, ZendRestServer, ZendServerReflection, Zend_Validate, Zend_View, ZendXmlRpcServer, session, Zend_Session, shmop, SimpleXML, Zend_Feed, ZendRestClient, ZendSerializerAdapterWddx, ZendServiceAudioscrobbler, Zend_Soap, Zend_XmlRpc, Soft, soap, Zend_Soap, sockets, SPL, SQLite, standard, sybase, sysvmsg, sysvsem, sysvshm, tidy, tokenizer, wddx, xml, ZendTranslatorAdapterTmx, ZendTranslatorAdapterXliff, XMLReader, xmlrpc, XMLWriter, xsl, zip, zlib, ZendFilterCompress