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PHP Building Websites with PHP Contact Form & Sending Email Sending Our Email

Posted by Steven Carder
Steven Carder
60 Points

404 Page Not Found

When I press "Submit" i get to the "404 Page Not Found"-page. Here's my code:

<?php require DIR . '/vendor/autoload.php'; date_default_timezone_set ('America/New_York');

//$log = new Monolog\Logger('name'); //$log->pushHandler(new Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler('app.txt', Monolog\Logger::WARNING)); //$log->addWarning('Oh Noes');

$app = new \Slim\Slim( array( 'view' => new \Slim\Views\Twig() ));

$view = $app->view(); $view->parserOptions = array( 'debug' => true ); $view->parserExtensions = array( new \Slim\Views\TwigExtension(), );

$app->get('/', function() use($app){ $app->render('about.twig'); })->name('home');

$app->get('/contact', function() use($app){ $app->render('contact.twig'); })->name('contact');

$app->get('/contact', function() use($app){ $name = $app->request->post('name'); $email = $app->request->post('email'); $msg = $app->request->post('msg');

if(!empty($name) && !empty($email) && !empty($msg)) { $cleanName = filter_var($name, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); $cleanEmail = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL); $cleanMsg = filter_var($msg, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); } else { //mesage the user that there was a problem $app->redirect('/contact'); }

 $transport = Swift_SendmailTransport::newInstance('/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs');
 $mailer = \Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

 $message = \Swift_Message::newInstance();
 $message->setSubject('Email from our Website');
 $message->setFrom(array(
   $cleanEmail => $cleanName
 ));
 $message->setTo(array('treehouse@localhost'));
 $message->setBody($cleanMsg);

 $result = $mailer->send($message);

 if($result > 0) {
   // send a message that says thank you.
   $app->redirect('/');
 } else {
   // send a message  to the user that the message failed to send
   // log that there was an error
   $app->redirect('/contact');
 }

});

$app->run();

Alexandru Palita
Alexandru Palita
14,261 Points
Alexandru Palita
Alexandru Palita
14,261 Points

What worked for me locally on WAMP and having Test Mail Server Tool (local email catcher) installed :

<?php

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Paris');

$app = new \Slim\Slim(array(
    'view' => new \Slim\Views\Twig()
));

$view = $app->view();
$view->parserOptions = array(
    'debug'=>true
);

$view->parserExtensions = array(
    new \Slim\Views\TwigExtension(),
);


$app->get('/', function() use ($app){
    $app->render('about.twig');
})->name('home');

$app->get('/contact', function() use ($app){
    $app->render('contact.twig');
})->name('contact');


$app->post('/contact', function() use ($app) {
    $name = $app->request->post('name');
    $email = $app->request->post('email');
    $msg = $app->request->post('msg');
    // var_dump($app->request->post('name'));
    // var_dump($name);

    if (!empty($name) && !empty($email) && !empty($msg)) {
        $cleanName = filter_var($name, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
        $cleanEmail = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
        $cleanMsg= filter_var($msg, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
    } else {
        //message the  user there was a problem
        echo "PROBLEM";
    }
//.........................................................THE FOLLOWING LINE MIGHT HELP YOU.....................................................

    $transport = Swift_MailTransport::newInstance('/usr/sbin/sendmail -bs'); 

// class Swift_SendmailTransport won't work

//.......................................................................END OF LINE................................................................................................
    $mailer = \Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);

    $message = \Swift_Message::newInstance();
    $message->setSubject('Email From Our Website');
    $message->setFrom(array(
        $cleanEmail => $cleanName
    ));
    $message->setTo(array('dev.ign.codes@gmail.com'));
    $message->setBody($cleanMsg);

    $result = $mailer->send($message);

    if ($result >  0) {
        $app->redirect('/');
    } else {


        $app->redirect('/contact');
    }
});

$app->run();