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

When I fill out the form it isn't redirecting back to the home page also I am not getting any mail.

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

use Monolog\Logger; use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;

//$log = new Logger('name'); //$log->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('app.txt', Logger::WARNING)); //log->addWarning('It Works');

$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');

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 { //message the user that ther 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('teamtreehouse@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();