NGINX try_files and alias bug work around

server {
    listen 80; ## Listen on port 80 ##
    server_name example.com;  ## Domain Name ##
    root /home/vagrant/example.com/angular/build;  ## Site root for the Angular code ##

    index index.html index.php;  ## Set the index for site to use ##

    charset utf-8; ## Set the charset ##

    location / { ## Handle default requests ##
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;  ## Try files and fall back to index.html ##
    }

    location /api { ## URL string to use for api ##
        alias /home/vagrant/example.com/laravel/public; ## Site root for Laravel code ##

        ## Check for file existing and if there, stop ##
        if (-f $request_filename) {
            break;
        }

        ## Check for file existing and if there, stop ##
        if (-d $request_filename) {
            break;
        }

        ## If we get here then there is no file or directory matching request_filename ##
        rewrite (.*) /api/index.php?$query_string;

        ## Normal php block for processing ##
        location ~ \.php$ {
            fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
            fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
            fastcgi_index index.php;
            include fastcgi_params;
        }
    }

    ## Don't fail or log request to favicon or robots.txt ##
    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    ## Access log is off and error log location is set ##
    access_log off;
    error_log  /var/log/nginx/example.com-error.log error;

    ## Disable sendfile ##
    sendfile off;

    ## Normal php block for processing ##
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    ## Don't allow access to .ht files ##
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}