nginx 的官方注释是这样的:
last stops processing the current set of ngx_http_rewrite_module directives followed by a search for a new location matching the changed URI;break stops processing the current set of ngx_http_rewrite_module directives;
我们知道nginx运行分十一个执行阶段,上面说提到的ngx_http_rewrite_mode,可以理解为其中一个阶段-rewrite阶段。
typedef enum { NGX_HTTP_POST_READ_PHASE = 0, NGX_HTTP_SERVER_REWRITE_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_FIND_CONFIG_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_REWRITE_PHASE, //rewrite阶段在这里 NGX_HTTP_POST_REWRITE_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_PREACCESS_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_ACCESS_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_POST_ACCESS_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_TRY_FILES_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_CONTENT_PHASE, NGX_HTTP_LOG_PHASE} ngx_http_phases;
所以我们再来理解last与break的区别:
last: 停止当前这个请求,并根据rewrite匹配的规则重新发起一个请求。新请求又从第一阶段开始执行…
break:相对last,break并不会重新发起一个请求,只是跳过当前的rewrite阶段,并执行本请求后续的执行阶段…