title: How to remove .php extension from url in nginx?
body: <p>I am trying to remove <code>.php</code> extension from my website URL and I tried everything in StackOverflow but none helped me. This is my <code>/etc/nginx/sites-available/default</code> file :</p>
  <pre><code>##
  # You should look at the following URL's in order to grasp a solid understanding
  # of Nginx configuration files in order to fully unleash the power of Nginx.
  # https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/
  # https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/start/topics/tutorials/config_pitfalls/
  # https://wiki.debian.org/Nginx/DirectoryStructure
  #
  # In most cases, administrators will remove this file from sites-enabled/ and
  # leave it as reference inside of sites-available where it will continue to be
  # updated by the nginx packaging team.
  #
  # This file will automatically load configuration files provided by other
  # applications, such as Drupal or Wordpress. These applications will be made
  # available underneath a path with that package name, such as /drupal8.
  #
  # Please see /usr/share/doc/nginx-doc/examples/ for more detailed examples.
  ##
  
  # Default server configuration
  #
  server {
      listen 80 default_server;
      listen [::]:80 default_server;
  
      # SSL configuration
      #
      # listen 443 ssl default_server;
      # listen [::]:443 ssl default_server;
      #
      # Note: You should disable gzip for SSL traffic.
      # See: https://bugs.debian.org/773332
      #
      # Read up on ssl_ciphers to ensure a secure configuration.
      # See: https://bugs.debian.org/765782
      #
      # Self signed certs generated by the ssl-cert package
      # Don't use them in a production server!
      #
      # include snippets/snakeoil.conf;
  
      root /var/www/public;
  
      # Add index.php to the list if you are using PHP
      index index.html index.htm index.php;
  
      server_name _;
  
      location / {
          # First attempt to serve request as file, then
          # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
          try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
      }
  
      # pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server
      #
      location ~ \.php$ {
          include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
      #
      #   # With php-fpm (or other unix sockets):
          fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
      #   # With php-cgi (or other tcp sockets):
      #   fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
      }
  
      # deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
      # concurs with nginx's one
      #
      location ~ /\.ht {
          deny all;
      }
  }
  
  
  # Virtual Host configuration for example.com
  #
  # You can move that to a different file under sites-available/ and symlink that
  # to sites-enabled/ to enable it.
  #
  #server {
  #   listen 80;
  #   listen [::]:80;
  #
  #   server_name example.com;
  #
  #   root /var/www/example.com;
  #   index index.html;
  #
  #   location / {
  #       try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
  #   }
  #}
  </code></pre>