[FREE TUTORIAL] Adding new fields to the contact form

NemoPS · July 29, 2013

Hi everybody!

I received many requests to make a tutorial about adding new fields to the default contact form. Here it is!

http://nemops.com/adding-new-fields-to-prestashop-contact-form/

Cheers!

mowax · August 23, 2013

Thanks for this tutorial Nemo1, it is definitely needed!

mowax · August 23, 2013

Hi Nemo1,

I have followed the steps, but have a problem. I am adding 2 extra fields, some have called them extrafield1 and extrafield2, and added them both to each step. But the values are not being passed to the database. I have pasted my file changes below, does anything look wrong to you?

themes/default/contact_form.tpl

{if isset($customerThread.extrafield1)}

{else}

{/if}

</p>

then

<label for="extrafield2">{l s='Message subject'}</label>

{if isset($customerThread.extrafield2)}

{else}

{/if}

</p>

override/classes/CustomerThread.php

<?php

class CustomerThread extends CustomerThreadCore

{

public $extrafield;

public static $definition = array(

'table' => 'customer_thread',

'primary' => 'id_customer_thread',

'fields' => array(

'id_lang' => array('type' => self::TYPE_INT, 'validate' => 'isUnsignedId', 'required' => true),

'id_contact' => array('type' => self::TYPE_INT, 'validate' => 'isUnsignedId', 'required' => true),

'id_shop' => array('type' => self::TYPE_INT, 'validate' => 'isUnsignedId'),

'id_customer' =>array('type' => self::TYPE_INT, 'validate' => 'isUnsignedId'),

'id_order' => array('type' => self::TYPE_INT, 'validate' => 'isUnsignedId'),

'id_product' => array('type' => self::TYPE_INT, 'validate' => 'isUnsignedId'),

'email' => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'validate' => 'isEmail', 'size' => 254),

'token' => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'validate' => 'isGenericName', 'required' => true),

'status' => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING),

'date_add' => array('type' => self::TYPE_DATE, 'validate' => 'isDate'),

'date_upd' => array('type' => self::TYPE_DATE, 'validate' => 'isDate'),

'extrafield1' => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'validate' => 'isGenericName'),

'extrafield2' => array('type' => self::TYPE_STRING, 'validate' => 'isGenericName'),

),

);

}

override/controllers/front/ContactConroller.php

if ($contact->customer_service)

{

if ((int)$id_customer_thread)

{

$ct = new CustomerThread($id_customer_thread);

$ct->status = 'open';

$ct->id_lang = (int)$this->context->language->id;

$ct->id_contact = (int)($id_contact);

if ($id_order = (int)Tools::getValue('id_order'))

$ct->id_order = $id_order;

if ($id_product = (int)Tools::getValue('id_product'))

$ct->id_product = $id_product;

$ct->extrafield1 = Tools::getValue('extrafield1');

$ct->extrafield2 = Tools::getValue('extrafield2');

$ct->update();

}

else

{

$ct = new CustomerThread();

if (isset($customer->id))

$ct->id_customer = (int)($customer->id);

$ct->id_shop = (int)$this->context->shop->id;

if ($id_order = (int)Tools::getValue('id_order'))

$ct->id_order = $id_order;

if ($id_product = (int)Tools::getValue('id_product'))

$ct->id_product = $id_product;

$ct->id_contact = (int)($id_contact);

$ct->id_lang = (int)$this->context->language->id;

$ct->email = $from;

$ct->status = 'open';

$ct->token = Tools::passwdGen(12);

$ct->extrafield1 = Tools::getValue('extrafield1');

$ct->extrafield2 = Tools::getValue('extrafield2');

$ct->add();

}

if ($ct->id)

then

if (!count($this->errors))

{

$var_list = array(

'{order_name}' => '-',

'{attached_file}' => '-',

'{message}' => Tools::nl2br(stripslashes($message)),

'{email}' => $from,

'{extrafield1}' => (isset($ct) && $ct->extrafield1) ? $ct->extrafield1 : '',

'{extrafield2}' => (isset($ct) && $ct->extrafield2) ? $ct->extrafield2 : ''

);

Please see the attachment for the ps_customer_thread table settings

Edited August 23, 2013 by duratex (see edit history)

mowax · August 23, 2013

I think I've just spotted my error...

at the top of override/classes/CustomerThread.php, I have

<?php

class CustomerThread extends CustomerThreadCore

{

public $extrafield;

I forgot to change public $extrafield; to public $extrafield#

how would I arrange this? like

<?php

class CustomerThread extends CustomerThreadCore

{

public $extrafield1;

public $extrafield2;