Nginx disallowing execution of PHP in uploads directory with Magento

php magento nginx centos

PHP Snippet 1:

## Location for media to prevent execution of php
location ^~ /media/              {}

PHP Snippet 2:

location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {

PHP Snippet 3:

location ~* /your_directory/.*\.php$ {
return 503;
}

PHP Snippet 4:

location /media/ {

   ......

   # Banned locations
    location ~* (\.php$|\.phtml$|\.htaccess$|\.git) {
        deny all;
    }
}