Bypassing Catalog Mode, etc. using GET parameter

[allandk]

Hi all,

 

Since there's no way AFAIK of bypassing catalog mode by default, I'm trying to figure out how to efficiently bypass catalog mode using a GET parameter.

 

I've tried adding the following to my header.tpl (knowing it probably won't work):

 

{if $smarty.get.foo == 'bar'}
 {$PS_CATALOG_MODE=0}
{/if}

 

...I'm probably way off, but I hope it gives you an idea of what I'm trying to do.

 

I need to solve this, since we have a shop in production (not ready to sell from and thus in catalog mode) and we need to show the checkout process to an external entity for approval.

 

Do anybody have a solution for this challenge - any ideas, input or help will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance and have a great weekend!

[allandk]

Update:

 

I figured out how to do this. There might be other ways to do it, but I did it by overriding FrontController:

 

/override/classes/controller/FrontController.php

 

<?php

class FrontController extends FrontControllerCore
{
function init()
{
parent::init();
if (isset($_GET['foo']))
{
$this->context->cookie->foo = true;
}
if (isset($_GET['foo']) && $_GET['foo']=="0")
{
unset($this->context->cookie->foo);
}
if (isset($this->context->cookie->foo))
{
$this->context->smarty->assign('PS_CATALOG_MODE', false);
}
}
}