Migrating from Apache to Nginx: Converting Configs and .htaccess

Nginx consumes less memory and serves static files 2–4x faster than Apache. The main challenge is converting .htaccess rules to location blocks.

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /var/www/html;

    location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args; }
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}