Page not found in Laravel, routes problem - php

Question

I have a problem with my Laravel and probably routes but I'm not sure.
So, there is a contact form in modal window. When I click on Send button I've got page not found error.
What I have in the web.php is
Route::post('/apply_now','HomeController#apply_now')->name('apply_now');
In the HomeController.php
public function apply_now(Request $request)
{
... form fields data
return Redirect::to('/')->with('message', 'Sent');
}
And the form
{{Form::open(array('route'=>'apply_now','files' => true,'method'=>'post'))}}
...
form field
{{Form::close()}
The error
Not Found
The requested URL /apply_now was not found on this server.
I don't see anything wrong with the routes but yet can't find the problem.
UPDATE:
| | POST | apply_now | apply_now | App\Http\Controllers\HomeController#apply_now
UPDATE 2. The modal
<!-- Apply Modal -->
<div class="modal fade" id="apply" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="applyModalLable">
<div class="modal-dialog" role="document">
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"><span aria-hidden="true">×</span></button>
<h4 class="modal-title text-center" id="applyModalLable">Apply Now</h4>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<form method="POST" action="https://example.com/apply_now" accept-charset="UTF-8" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input name="_token" type="hidden" value="OyEdnHIWRgbZmPo0joodNmWraDSuuACIrwqup044">
<div class="form-group ">
<input type="text" name="your_name" class="form-control" placeholder="*Your Name" value="" >
</div>
<div class="form-group ">
<label>*Country</label>
<input type="text" name="country" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Country" >
</div>
<div class="form-group ">
<input type="text" name="contact_email" class="form-control" placeholder="*Contact Email" >
</div>
<div class="form-group ">
<input type="text" name="contact_phone" class="form-control" placeholder="*Contact Phone">
</div>
<div class="form-group text-center">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-custom btn-sm btn-block">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Answer 1

make routes like this:
Route::match(['get', 'post'],'/apply_now', 'HomeController#apply_now');

Answer 2

Looks like there is no error in the code, can you clear the cache;
php artisan route:cache
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Did you see the area in the picture?

Answer 3

Try Adding
{{ csrf_field() }}
This will add the CRSF Token field to your form
eg. <input type="hidden" name="_token" value="SomeRandomString">
which is required by laravel ,CSRF is enabled by default on all Routes to check if the post request is secure , you can also disable it from VerifyCsrfToken.php which is middleware located at
app\Http\Middleware
To Disable the CRSF for your route
update
protected $except = [
//
'apply_now'
];
Disabling this is not a good practice, If you want your application secure
Add
{{ csrf_field() }}
In your form for.eg.
{{ Form::open(array('route'=>'apply_now','files' => true,'method'=>'post')) }}
...
form field
{{ csrf_field() }}
{{ Form::close() }}
Now once you submit the form laravel will check if crsf token is sent with the form and let your request proceed further

Answer 4

Try with this,
Route::get('/', 'HomeController#index')->name('home');
In your controller
return redirect()->route('home')->with('message', 'Sent');
Hope this helps :)

Answer 5

Run this command and try again
php artisan optimize:clear
or
remove all files from the
/bootstrap/cache
/storage/framework/cache/data
/storage/framework/sessions
/storage/framework/views
and make sure you have defined both urls into web.php file something like this:
Route::post('/','HomeController#index');
Route::post('apply_now','HomeController#apply_now')->name('apply_now');
and make sure your server has turned on mod rewrite. So Laravel can handle .htaccess rules.