Php routes does not change the effect in the browser bar - php

Question

This is my main index file I want that when I write in the browser about it loads the about page but it fails.
<?php
$database = require 'core/bootstrap.php';
require Router::load('routes.php')
->direct(Request::uri());
?>
This is my routes.php file
<?php
$router->define([
'' => 'controllers/index.php',
'about' => 'controllers/about.php',
'about-culture' => 'controllers/about-culture.php',
'contact' => 'controllers/contact.php'
]);
?>
This is my Router file
<?php
class Router
{
protected $routes = [];
public static function load($file)
{
$router = new static;
require $file;
return $router;
}
public function define($routes)
{
$this->routes = $routes;
}
public function direct($uri)
{
if(array_key_exists($uri , $this->routes))
{
return $this->routes[$uri];
}
throw new Exception('No Routes defined for this URL');
}
}
?>
I don`t know what is the error here, I tried a lot and also watch the tutorial and do exactly as he do but I fail to show the output.
require Router::load('routes.php')
->direct(Request::uri());
when I write only the start localhost:8080/start/ (this is the folder where all my files are present , it gives me this error
Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: No Routes defined for this URL in C:\xampp\htdocs\start\core\Router.php:25 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\start\index.php(8): Router->direct('start') #1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\start\core\Router.php on line 25
and when I load page like about it says object not found.
Request class
<?php
class Request
{
public static function uri()
{
return trim($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/');
}
}
?>

Answer 1

Basically REQUEST_URI contains the whole url except hostname and protocol since start is your folder name and root directory of your application your have to get request uri after start
for eg
http://localhost/start/about/
REQUEST_URI = /start/about/
after trimming = start/about
which will not match any router.
so you have to pass your base directory to your function somehow one way is to modify your uri function
class Request
{
public static function uri($base = "")
{
$url = str_replace($base,"",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
return trim( $url , '/');
}
}
and can be called as Request::uri("start")