the first example just rewrites everything to /public/, so when you configure nginx, just set the <code> root /path/to/public/<code>

this is the second one that should be
<code>
rewrite ^/(.*)*$ /index.php break;
</code>


So all together, after server{ should look like;

<code>
location / {
root /path/to/public;
rewrite ^/(.*)*$ /index.php break;

location ~* ^.+\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|css|js)$ {
root /path/to/public;
}
}