Two forms on single page, one doesn't work in laravel

Question

I have two contact forms on same page (bootstrap modal window). The problem is that one of them doesn't work correctly and return 404 Not Found error.

I have this in web.php

Route::post('/b2b_contact','HomeController@b2b_contact')->name('b2b_contact');
Route::post('/','HomeController@contact')->name('contact');

HomeController.php functions

public function contact(Request $request)
{ 

    $data = array(
        'first_name' => $request->first_name,
        'company_name' => $request->company_name,
        'country'  => $request->country,
        'email'  => $request->email,
    );

    DB::table('contact')->insert($data);         
    return Redirect::to('/')->with('message', 'Thank you!');
}

public function b2b_contact(Request $request)
{ 

    $data = array(
        'first_name' => $request->first_name,
        'company_name' => $request->company_name,
        'country'  => $request->country,
        'email'  => $request->email,
    );

    DB::table('b2b_contact')->insert($data);         
    return Redirect::to('/')->with('message', 'Thank you!');
}

And what I have in the blade template are the forms

{{Form::open(array('route'=>'b2b_contact','files' => true,'method'=>'post', ))}}

// input fields here

{{Form::close()}}  

{{Form::open(array('route'=>'contact','files' => true,'method'=>'post', ))}}

// input fields here

{{Form::close()}}  

The second form contact works perfectly but the b2b_contact return Error 404.

I've also tried to make both routes in web.php like Route::post('/',.... but then the page return error that b2b_contact route isn't find.

So, can anyone help me here how to have 2 contact forms on same page and when they are submitted to reload the page and show the success message?

UPDATE: this is what I see when I submit the page and yes, debug is set to true

Not Found

The requested URL /applyNow was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

UPDATE 2: .htaccess file in public directory

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
    </IfModule>

    RewriteEngine On

    # Handle Authorization Header
    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]

    # Handle Front Controller...
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

I tried your setup locally with Laravel 5.8 and XAMPP. When I copy the Laravel project to /htdocs then my path to the Laravel home page is /htdocs/public. In the browser I have to enter http://localhost/public/ or I need to change the Apache config to, for example, provide the public folder via laravel.local.

Having this setup described above and clicking on the form link your browser tries to POST to this URL: http://localhost/b2b_contact - this is not existing because we need to POST to http://localhost/public/b2b_contact.

Why is it working for /contact and not for /b2b_contact?

In your routes file you define the routes as follows:

Route::post('/b2b_contact','HomeController@b2b_contact')->name('b2b_contact');
Route::post('/','HomeController@contact')->name('contact');

The /contact route isn't even called contact but / - that is your vhosts root directory. According to your comment on your initial post your Laravel installation (vendor folder etc.) seems to be located inside of /var/www/html and you are calling your public directory. I'm not 100% sure about this but please try to fix your directory structure.