nginx with php-fpm downloading php files rather than executing them on mac os x (local environment)
Instead of specifying the PHP section in the nginx.conf file, can you specify a server location in the default file (within sites-available directory) and either reload or restart nginx:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:820; #ipv6only=on;
root /var/www/; ##assuming your PHP application is in /var/www/
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name PHPApp;
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Also, make sure that your nginx.conf file has the following directive:
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;