I have managed to reproduce this issue using nginx and now have jVAcrade running correctly on my nginx test server
The issue:
nginx is written to avoid any overheads where possible, therefore it runs checks to see if a .php file actually exists on disk before passing it to the php engine for processing. Default for a file that does not exist is obviously to return a 404 File not found error. Due to Joomla creating what I call dynamic urls depending on menu item names etc when SEF and Rewrite are enabled in global configuration the urls don't always relate to an actual file path or file, for example http://localhost/games/game/newscore.php does not exist the so the request is not passed to php and a 404 error is return to the client.
The Fix:
nginx requires extra directives in the nginx.conf file as follows;
Add rewrite rule for gamedata folder into the existing block for location /
Code:
location / {
#Rewrite rule for V32 games using /arcade/gamedata folders.
rewrite ^/.*/arcade/gamedata/(.*)$ /arcade/gamedata/$1;
}
Add new location blocks below the block for location /
Note you may have to replace http://127.0.0.1 with your servers IP
Code:
#Proxy's used to avoid 404 errors for files that dont exist on disk and trigger the system plugin.
location ~ game/newscore.php$ {
set $file /newscore.php;
proxy_method POST;
proxy_pass_request_headers on;
proxy_pass_request_body on;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1$file;
}
location ~ game/index.php {
set $req /index.php?$args;
proxy_method POST;
proxy_pass_request_headers on;
proxy_pass_request_body on;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1$req;
}
location ~ game/arcade.php$ {
set $file /arcade.php;
proxy_method POST;
proxy_pass_request_headers on;
proxy_pass_request_body on;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1$file;
}
I have attached my nginx.conf in txt file for clarity, obviously yours may be alot larger. Unfortunately if you don't have access to the configuration files or your host is not willing to add these extra directives your out of luck.
