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Nginx 1.21 and PHP-FPM 8.0 - 'Primary script unknown' scenarios When Serving PHP Files

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I'm running Nginx 1.21 and PHP-FPM 8.0 on an Ubuntu 20.04 server, and I'm working with a 'Primary script unknown' behavior when trying to serve PHP files from my web application. The behavior appears in the Nginx behavior log when I attempt to access any `.php` file. My configuration for the site includes the following block: ```nginx server { listen 80; server_name mydomain.com; root /var/www/myapp/public; index index.php index.html index.htm; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; } location ~ \.php$ { include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.0-fpm.sock; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; } } ``` I've verified that the file permissions for `/var/www/myapp/public` and its contents are set correctly, with the web server user (www-data) having read access. The PHP files are indeed located in `/var/www/myapp/public`, but I still get the behavior. I checked the PHP-FPM pool configuration and it seems fine: ```ini [user] user = www-data group = www-data listen = /var/run/php/php8.0-fpm.sock listen.owner = www-data listen.group = www-data listen.mode = 0660 ``` Additionally, I've ensured that both Nginx and PHP-FPM services are running without issues, and I can see the Nginx logs indicating that it’s attempting to pass requests to PHP-FPM. However, I still get the same 'Primary script unknown' message. Is there something I'm missing in my configuration? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! The project is a desktop app built with Php. Thanks for taking the time to read this!