Mod Rewrite for NGINX

I'm currently using nginx as a transparent proxy for apache. I would like to use nginx + fcgi(php) but need mod-rewrite support.

Is this possible开发者_运维技巧 or is there an alternative solution to my woes?

This is for only 1 site, would litespeed be an effective solution?

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nginx has a rewrite module: http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpRewriteModule

It doesn't support the same syntax as mod_rewrite, but has similar features.