I try to configure nginx to handle all /{{app}}/query requests dynamically to laravel applications like this:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;
    root   /usr/share/nginx/apps;

    location / {
        index index.php;
        try_files $uri @rewriteapp;
    }

    location @rewriteapp {
        rewrite ^/([^/]+)(.*)$ /$1/public/index.php?$2 last;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Currently nginx routes my requests to the correct directory and file. For example:

www.domain.com/test/item/1/edit

... routes to:

/path/to/my/apps/test/public/index.php?/item/1/edit

I'm also able to echo out var_export($_GET) and see that query:

array(
    '/item/1/edit' => '',
)

But Laravel allways says:

NotFoundHttpException in RouteCollection.php line 161:
in RouteCollection.php line 161
at RouteCollection->match(object(Request)) in Router.php line 823
at Router->findRoute(object(Request)) in Router.php line 691
at Router->dispatchToRoute(object(Request)) in Router.php line 675
at Router->dispatch(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 246
at Kernel->Illuminate\Foundation\Http\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 52
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request)) in CheckForMaintenanceMode.php line 44
at CheckForMaintenanceMode->handle(object(Request), object(Closure))
at call_user_func_array(array(object(CheckForMaintenanceMode), 'handle'), array(object(Request), object(Closure))) in Pipeline.php line 136
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Pipeline\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 32
at Pipeline->Illuminate\Routing\{closure}(object(Request))
at call_user_func(object(Closure), object(Request)) in Pipeline.php line 102
at Pipeline->then(object(Closure)) in Kernel.php line 132
at Kernel->sendRequestThroughRouter(object(Request)) in Kernel.php line 99
at Kernel->handle(object(Request)) in index.php line 57

But why?

The routes looks like this:

Route::get('/', function () {
    return view('welcome');
});

Route::get('/item', function() {
    return 'Item';
});

php artisan route:list returns:

+--------+----------+---------+------+---------+------------+
| Domain | Method   | URI     | Name | Action  | Middleware |
+--------+----------+---------+------+---------+------------+
|        | GET|HEAD | /       |      | Closure | web        |
|        | GET|HEAD | item    |      | Closure | web        |
+--------+----------+---------+------+---------+------------+

My Laravel Version is 5.2.33 I use Ubuntu 16.04 Server with PHP 7.0.6 (PHP-FPM) as Host.

Is it a nginx config issue? Or a Laravel issue? Or is it a Linux, maybe permission related topic?

Point application root to public folder and it will work