How to use templates from themes into a module front controller ?

[aymeric69001]

Hello,

 

I need to create a custom page for a client on Prestashop, so I am using a module front controller, but I cannot find a way to call a template that I created in the theme, i.e, I created themes/mytheme/templates/custom_template.tpl (which call other templates of the theme) and I want to display this template in the module front controller like this:

public function initContent()
{
   // Exemple taken from the doc for a template belonging to the module
  //$this->setTemplate('modules:cheque/views/templates/front/validation.tpl');

   // What I would like to do
   $this->setTemplate('themes:mytheme/templates/custom_template.tpl');
}

 

Why I don't create a template inside the module folder ? Because I really need to use the template from the theme. Any one has a solution for this ?

 

Thanks a lot

 

[fbenoist.com]

Hi,

Use smarty extend in your module template.

Exemple : in /modules/{my_module}/views/templates/front/module_template.tpl

{extends file='catalog/listing/product-list.tpl'}

{block name='product_list_header'}
   <div class="my-header">....<div>
{/block}     

The module template 'module_template.tpl' use theme template 'product-list.tpl'.

 

[fbenoist.com]

I use this method in my modules and it works very well. 

Why would you think otherwise? Do you have an example where it doesn't work?

[fbenoist.com]

It work in module_name/views/templates/front  

You can try with this sample module https://github.com/frederic-benoist/fbsample_messageoftheday

In the front controller you can see :

  $this->setTemplate('module:fbsample_messageoftheday/views/templates/front/default.tpl');

And in the template :

{extends file=$layout}

{block name='content'}
  <section id="main" class="messages-list">
        <h1>{l s='Messages' mod='fbsample_messageoftheday'}</h1>
        <div class="card-columns">
        {foreach from=$messages item=message}
          <div class="card">
            <div class="card-header">{$message.title}</div>
            <div class="card-body">{$message.message|cleanHtml nofilter}</div>
          </div>
        {/foreach}
        </div>
    </section>
{/block}

 

 

[fbenoist.com]

I just did a new test and it works very well with any template in a module front controller. 

You can try it with {extends file="catalog/listing/product-list.tpl"} if you want.

Can you give me an example where it doesn't work ?

[fbenoist.com]

Thank you
I use the smarty extend function in the example controllers used during the trainings for developers and integrators at PrestaShop.
So I'm very interested to know the cases where it doesn't work. 

[fbenoist.com]

So we agree.

• it works with extends
• it doesn't work with include.

I think the right solution for @aymeric69001 would be:

1. Create a template in the themes directory : mytheme/templates/custom_template.tpl
2. Create a template in the modules directory : mymodule/views/templates/front/my_controller.tpl

With in  mymodule/views/templates/front/my_controller.tpl  :

@extend "custom_template.tpl"

[aymeric69001]

Thanks, indeed it is working, but I changed my mind and would like to put these custom pages directly into my theme folder, so I will open a new thread on how to have a module belonging to the theme folder (in themes\mytheme\modules), be installed when the theme is installed.

 

But thank you anyway

 

Aymeric