Contact not working on local server.

Hello Jon,

I downloaded it too and I dot the same error. I looked into the files and there is actually no contact.html file in there. They must have made a mistake when making the zip file.

What local server are you using? I am using XAMPP in Mint (a build that is based on Ubuntu) and it works fine for me. One issue is to make sure you are putting it in the correct location on your computer for the local server to see it properly.

I will also download the files and see if I can make it work on this computer. My project is on my laptop it appears.

Thanks, I'm not at that computer at the moment. I honestly can't remember which server I installed as it has been quite a while now. Tomorrow I can have a look.

The route works if we change the get line to this:

<?php
$app->get('/contact.html', function() use($app){
  $app->render('contact.html');
});

The issue is in the request to get rerouted. I think the solution is an alias in the $app->get command, but I will have to work on that some more. I am still not on my laptop that has some of the solution. As I recall, there is still an issue with routing.

First, here is the code that works (with a bug) on the local server. The bug also exists on a live site.

<?php
// require Slim
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
// Set time zone
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

//slim-views is required for Twig
//see https://github.com/slimphp/Slim-Views
//must install via composer
$app = new \Slim\Slim(array(
    'view' => new \Slim\Views\Twig()
));

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

//the code below enables us to use the helpers below
//urlFor siteUrl baseUrl currentUrl
//documentation at https://github.com/slimphp/Slim-Views
$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');

I have not included the form submission code that is covered later.

The bug is interesting. If you start with your base url, the links function correctly. But if you start with your base url/index.php, the home page works, but the links do not because they insert the index.php before the /contact and it is not rendered correctly. You can test it on the link above. I believe a rewrite rule like the ones in the end of the fixing URLs for the Shirts for Mike project refactoring class would solve this, but I have not gone back to try.

is it best to build-test on a 'local' linux distro?

i suppose using cloud 9 (ubuntu dev environment ) isn't going to cut it? (and test deploying to heroku would be too time consuming).

I can't dual boot my (family) laptop, I'm considering just buying another cheap one and make a few linux partititions.

Then theres vagrant / docker. hmmmmm