I have nginx with php-fpm installed on Debian Squeeze.
Directory tree is:

• /var/www/mysite
  • index.php
  • secret_folder_1
    • admin.php
    • static.html
  • secret_folder_2
    • admin.php
    • static.html
  • pictures
  • img01.jpg

I need to close secret_folder_1 and secret_folder_2 with basic_auth. Now config looks like:

location ~ /secret_folder_1/.+\.php$
{
        root /var/www/mysite/;
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /var/www/mysite$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
        auth_basic "Restricted Access";
        auth_basic_user_file /path/to/.passwd;
}

location ~ /secret_folder_1/.*
{
        root /var/www/mysite/;
        auth_basic "Restricted Access";
        auth_basic_user_file /path/to/.passwd;
}

Same config for secret_folder_2.

Is it normal? I mean, first location for serving php files in restricted folder, and second location for serving static files.

Can it be simplified?