Overriding CategoryControllerCore not working

[luke.lukas]

Hello,

Prestashop version: 1.7.8.5

I've changed /controllers/front/listing/CategoryController.php init() method to $id_category = 123;

If I refresh the page it correctly displays the new category.

If I put that into a module with:

class CategoryController extends CategoryControllerCore
{
   
    public function init()
    {
        $id_category = 123;

 

It won't work, and displays the real id_category, but if I error_log the result and refresh the page it comes back as 123.

 

Thanks

[luke.lukas]

12 hours ago, dnk.hack said:

    public function init()
    {
        $id_category = 123;
        $this->category = new Category(
            $id_category,
            $this->context->language->id
        );

        parent::init(); // !IMPORTANT

// over your code

perent::init() very important

Hello,

This is the precise code within the file that doesn't work:

<?php
class CategoryController extends CategoryControllerCore
{
    public function init()
    {
		$id_category = 123;
		error_log($id_category);
        $this->category = new Category(
            $id_category,
            $this->context->language->id
        );
        parent::init();
        if (!Validate::isLoadedObject($this->category) || !$this->category->active) {
            header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');
            header('Status: 404 Not Found');
            $this->setTemplate('errors/404');
            $this->notFound = true;
            return;
        } elseif (!$this->category->checkAccess($this->context->customer->id)) {
            header('HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden');
            header('Status: 403 Forbidden');
            $this->errors[] = $this->trans('You do not have access to this category.', [], 'Shop.Notifications.Error');
            $this->setTemplate('errors/forbidden');
            return;
        }
        $categoryVar = $this->getTemplateVarCategory();
        $filteredCategory = Hook::exec(
            'filterCategoryContent',
            ['object' => $categoryVar],
            $id_module = null,
            $array_return = false,
            $check_exceptions = true,
            $use_push = false,
            $id_shop = null,
            $chain = true
        );
        if (!empty($filteredCategory['object'])) {
            $categoryVar = $filteredCategory['object'];
        }
        $this->context->smarty->assign([
            'category' => $categoryVar,
            'subcategories' => $this->getTemplateVarSubCategories(),
        ]);
    }
}

Note: I just found out that if I put an error_log in the override and the real file, it'll error_log both results back to me, the real file logging 2nd, which I assume is the issue.

Edited May 25, 2022 by luke.lukas (see edit history)