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Try replacing /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params with the one from http://wiki.nginx.org/PHPFcgiExample

Also, the packaging is done differently by ubuntu and nginx upstream, so I don't think you can just replace it. They are also bundled with different modules. For example, I have to use the package from ubuntu because the one from nginx upstream lacks the geoip module.

I'll try that when I get home - thanks!

Following up - this fixed it! (Took a while to get a virtualbox set up with my old config and simulate the upgrade a few times to make sure everything was the same)

Thanks, eh!

From memory the Debianish distro packages read the configs from different locations than the mainline nginx packages.

What's wrong with PHP? I wasn't aware that any more recent Nginx version broke it.

Nothing wrong with PHP itself, but the stock/newer nginx must read configs differently, and so it's not a simple "remove old nginx, install new nginx" upgrade, as it no longer served up php when I upgraded...

I don't think Nginx has ever changed its config format. Care to share the problem description?