# Error 405 - \<form method="post"...\> fails with SLIM?

**URL:** <https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [August 3, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578 "2016-08-03T20:54:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Umelev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@Umelev](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/Umelev)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/1 "2016-08-03T20:54:15Z")

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Hi!

I’ve been struggling with this problem for couple of days already. What I’d like to accomplish here is:

1. Fill in the form with value data.
2. Press “update” button to POST data to router.
3. POST data from router.php to another .php-file that has a class method called update().
4. Die() there to see that POST method went through.

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/slimframework/original/1X/b24c4245cbb8c613f3e58a4f4af9471fc95949c2.png)

If I die() at top of router.php, the post-method from the form seems to arrive there.

But as the code continues to router’s post method (seen above), the error is popped:  
**405 Method not allowed: must be one of: (GET)**

Any idea how to fix this or have a work-around?

Added: My Router GET-requests do work good, as well as .htaccess -file is configured just as Slim recommends. Also if I do a traditional \_form \_POST method\_ to another .php page (without the router), things work fine, however then I don't know how I could use \_form action\_ to direct the \_POSTed values to a specific Class and Method. That’s why I needed the Router to work.

Thank you!

Umelev

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**Author:** ![marcelbonnet](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.slimframework.com/marcelbonnet/32/115_2.png) [@marcelbonnet](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/marcelbonnet)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/2 "2016-08-04T12:48:41Z")

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> [@Umelev](#):
>
> Any idea how to fix this or have a work-around?

Try this method signature.

```php
<?php

use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;

class CartController
{
   
   public static function update(ServerRequestInterface $request, ResponseInterface $response, $args){

      die("OK, got this slug: " . $args['slug'] );

   }

}

```

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**Author:** ![Umelev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@Umelev](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/Umelev)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/3 "2016-08-04T13:51:50Z")

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Thank you for reply!

However, this didn’t solve the problem.

Below you can see my CartController as whole:

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/slimframework/original/1X/d511d63cb87e379bb195881b4b44eb0fcba4aa9f.png)

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**Author:** ![TheLobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@TheLobos](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/TheLobos)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/4 "2016-08-04T14:01:56Z")

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I’m not sure if that’s your problem, but your controller functions should not be static. Try removing the static function specifier.

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**Author:** ![Umelev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@Umelev](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/Umelev)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/5 "2016-08-04T16:06:35Z")

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Hi,

Yeah, I forgot that on when doing my tests as supposed by marcelbonnet, normally I don’t have them.

It seems to go OK if I POST anything directly from the form, say to Controller, using absolute path at in form action: /test/App/Controllers/CartController.php. The question now is, how do I target the request to a specific function in there if I do it this way?

![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/slimframework/original/1X/f0e6f3eef9d2dbe5f169e5c48f8b56193aace107.png)

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**Author:** ![Umelev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@Umelev](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/Umelev)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/6 "2016-08-04T17:30:50Z")

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Okey, here we go:

Everything works fine as long as I don’t have to pass through **third** parameter via my http request. In this case it’s $slug (=$args kind of thing to identify a product). The slug is needed in my Cart Controller in order to identify product in upcoming SQLs.

So, when I add that $slug -thing to the POST method of my form {slug: item.slug}, and I try to route it forth in my Router: post(‘cart/{slug}’, … I get the Error 405.

**Question** : What may cause an error with POST methods “$args” -section? (in this case the $slug)

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/slimframework/original/1X/7249ebfaff8dcaac87a6b5bf4477b407f8eec702.png)

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**Author:** ![TheLobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@TheLobos](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/TheLobos)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/7 "2016-08-04T18:15:12Z")

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You want to use a route name to generate your form (and link) URLs. For example:

```
<form class="form form-horizontal" 
      id="page_editor_form" 
      action="{{ path_for('pageEdit') }}" 
      role="form" 
      method="POST" 
      enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">

```

In your route definition you then resolve/map this name to a function (actually a class method) to be called:

```
$app->post ("/admin/page_edit", 'App\Controller\AdminFormController:pageEdit')->setName ('pageEdit');

```

Try this approach, it works without any issues for me.

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**Author:** ![Umelev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@Umelev](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/Umelev)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/8 "2016-08-04T19:12:58Z")

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> [@TheLobos](#):
>
> Try this approach, it works without any issues for me

Thanks for your effort, however I’m still receiving the same 405 Error.

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/slimframework/original/1X/4ee8bce64efd8e51edd0c76ed58a85ecf2d406f0.png)

And there’s is also the same issue remaining: How do I pass the $slug -variable within the POST method, because the update2 -method actually requires (Request $request, Response $response, $slug). For sake of clarity I’ve taken it out in the above example cos I cannot get the normal route post work still…

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**Author:** ![TheLobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@TheLobos](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/TheLobos)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/9 "2016-08-04T19:21:52Z")

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In that case I’m sorry to say that don’t know why you’re getting 405 error. I’m guessing it’s something simple/stupid, but I’m just not seeing it.

For a post form, there’s no reason to pass a slug (since it’s not visible to the user you can just pass an object-id) but you can define a route like this:

```
$app->get ("page_edit/{id}", 'App\Controller\AdminController:pageEdit')->setName ('pageEditExisting');

```

and then do a

```
{{ path_for('pageEdit', { 'id': page.id }) }}

```

or

{{ path\_for(‘pageEdit’, { ‘id’: page.slug }) }}

in your form action tag. Your controller of course needs to know whether it’ll be receiving an ID or a slug, but the processing logic is the same for both versions.

Alternatively you can just leave the route without the “/{id}” part and pass a hidden form variable containing the objectID/slug (as you prefer) to your form submission handler in your controller.

Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![Umelev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8491ac/32.png) [@Umelev](https://discourse.slimframework.com/u/Umelev)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.slimframework.com/t/error-405-form-method-post-fails-with-slim/578/10 "2016-08-04T19:45:06Z")

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Hey, your latest proposal is just my initial setup which initially popped the 405 🙂 So that’s exactly what I’m aiming for.

But anyway, thanks! I let you know when I get this figured out!

-Vellu