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

William Bruntrager
William Bruntrager
11,473 Points
Posted by William Bruntrager
William Bruntrager
11,473 Points

Problem with redirect on local server (XAMPP)

My redirect statements are not redirecting where I would like them to.

I am using XAMPP for Windows, and I have my project folder set up like so:

C:\xampp\htdocs\emerson

The two $app->get() statements in the code are working fine, so I can get to the main page by entering:

http://localhost/emerson

and the contact page at

http://localhost/emerson/contact

However, the

$app->redirect('/')

statement used after the email is sent in this lesson redirects my browser to:

http://localhost/

How can I get the redirect to go back to the main page for this project, not the htdocs folder?

2 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Just add your directory to the redirect path:

<?php
$app->redirect('/emerson/');
?>
William Bruntrager
William Bruntrager
11,473 Points
William Bruntrager
William Bruntrager
11,473 Points

It's a good solution but I was hoping for something more universal. For example, when I upload this project to a server the structure won't be the same, so I wonder if there is a way to write it where I won't have to change the code for local vs. online use.

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

You could set up a config.php file and then include it within the files of your project. Then in that config file, set a variable for the root directory. When you deploy to production, you only need to update that config file.

William Bruntrager
William Bruntrager
11,473 Points
William Bruntrager
William Bruntrager
11,473 Points

Since the links created with Slim-views were working properly I looked for an equivalent function to use in the index.php file. The function I was looking for was called getRootUri(). So I rewrote the redirects as:

$app->redirect($app->request->getRootUri());

$app->redirect($app->request->getRootUri() . '/contact');

That works, and I believe I won't have to change the code at all in order to upload it.

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Looks good!

Just wanted to bring up a point, if this were my project, I'd set the method to a variable so you don't have to write so much each time you create a link. I'm not sure specifically where you would set this in Slim though.

<?php
$root = $app->request->getRootUri();
?>

<?php
/* so instead of */
$app->redirect($app->request->getRootUri() . '/contact');
/* you only need */
$app->redirect($root . '/contact');
?>
Andrew Goninon
Andrew Goninon
14,925 Points
Andrew Goninon
Andrew Goninon
14,925 Points

Using the following will achieve the same result:

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

$app->redirect('./');