I have the following rewrite rule rewrite ^/ab(.*)/(.*)$ /repo/ab$1/rtest/$2 break; When the request file is /abname/index.php it gets rewritten to /abname/rtest/index.php But if the request is of the form /abname/dir1/index.php it gets rewritten as /abname/dir1/rtest/index.php but I would want it to be rewritten as /abname/rtest/dir1/index.php How do I write the rule ?