renderView() in Admin Module Controller not displaying

[H4818]

I have module with the following code which is not displaying in my back office:

 

module name: vendorprog

vendorprog/controllers/admin/AdminVendorController.php

<?php
if (!defined('_PS_VERSION_'))
	exit;

class AdminVendorController extends ModuleAdminController
{
	public function __construct()
	{
		ppp('__construct called');
		$this->display = 'view';
		parent::__construct();
		
	}
	
	public function initContent()
	{
		$this->renderView();
	}
	
	
	public function renderView()
	{
		ppp($this->getTemplatePath());
		
		$this->base_tpl_view = 'report.tpl';
		
		return parent::renderView();
	}
}

I have a file at /vendorprog/views/templates/admin/helpers/view/report.tpl

 

with the following code:

<p>Hello World</p>

I get the following error:

 

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'SmartyException' with message 'Unable to load template file 'helpers/view/report.tpl''

 

How can I solve this? I still want to add functions that can be called through ajax. Please help

[johnmark]

Trying to follow module "gamification" to  create my own one, but encounter the same error, any hints to resolve it?

[Patrick T.]

Hi to every one, for your custom tpl file, can use the function

$this->context->smarty->createTemplate(<tpl_file_path>, $this->context->smarty);

The custom template file need to be in the directory of your module, in path views/templates/admin

 

Besta regards, Patrick T.

[gonebdg - webindoshop.com]

If your module name is vendorprog , and the controller class name is AdminVendorController

then you set the base template name like this :

$this->base_tpl_view = 'report.tpl';

.

You should place the template file on :

../modules/vendorprog/views/templates/admin/vendor/helpers/view/report.tpl

 

.

BUT ... why you are using ppp() function which is an alias of dieObject() function within your controller __contruct() and renderView() method ?

ppp('__construct called');// will print: __construct called

ppp($this->getTemplatePath());// will print simliar to: /modules/vendorprog/views/templates/admin/

.

And according to your AdminVendorController.php file, the following code won't display the content of your report.tpl file

return parent::renderView();

[VinayC]

Hi, 

 I'm trying to create tab under dashboard. I was able to get name of the tab. But I'm facing problem when trying to renderView. Below code is for Controller

<?php
 class AdminHomePageController extends ModuleAdminController{
  public function __construct(){
  $this->table = 'homepage_tab';
  $this->className = 'AdminHomePage';
  $this->module = 'homepage';
  $this->fiels_list = array(
  'id' => array('title' => $this->l('id'), 'align' => 'center', 'width'=>25),
  'title' => array('title' => $this->l('Title'), 'align' => 'center', 'width' => 25),
  'image_path' => array('title' => $this->l('Image Path'), 'align' => 'center', 'width' => 25),
  'assoc_link' => array('title' => $this->l('Associated Link'), 'align' => 'center', 'width' => 25),
  'date_add' => array('title' => $this->l('Date Added'), 'align' => 'center', 'width' => 25),
  );
  $this->bootstrap = true;
  parent::__construct();
  $this->meta_title = $this->l('Webservice Settings');
  $this->toolbar_title[] = $this->meta_title;
  }
public function initContent(){
$this->renderView();
}


  public function renderView(){
  $tpl = $this->context->smarty->createTemplate(dirname(__FILE__).'../../views/templates/admin/displayAdminProductsExtra.tpl');
  return $tpl->fetch();
  }
 }

Below is .tpl code

<h3 class="page-product-heading">AdminTab</h3><div class="rte">
<form action="" method="post" id="comment-form">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="title">Title:</label>
<input type="text" name="title" id="title" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="image">Image Path:</label>
<input type="text" name="image" id="image" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="assoc_link">Associated Link:</label>
<input type="text" name="assoc_link" id="assoc_link" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="panel-footer">
<a href="{$link->getAdminLink('AdminProducts')}" class="btn btn-default"><i class="process-icon-cancel"></i> {l s='Cancel'}</a>
<button type="submit" name="submitAddproduct" class="btn btn-default pull-right"><i class="process-icon-save"></i> {l s='Save'}</button>
<button type="submit" name="submitAddproductAndStay" class="btn btn-default pull-right"><i class="process-icon-save"></i> {l s='Save and stay'}</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>

Can any one please help to display the content of tpl?

Error that I'm getting is Uncaught --> Smarty: Unable to load template file

I need to fetch the table from db and display it that tab which comes under dashboard. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance. 

[zsigmondszilveszter]

Hi, 

 

I am a presta newbie and I have a similar problem, I created a custom module with custom controller, then  under Administration->Menus I created a new admin menu with the new module and controller. After that I created a test template file under "modules/szilveszterfirst/views/templates/admin/szilveszter_first/helpers/view/test.tpl". Everything works fine, except the renderView function, the template file is loaded(I printed out the result), but in the admin page doesn't show anything. Is there any prerequisite, that I didn't do? e.g. the template should contain something special(actually contains a few html tags for test sake)?

class AdminSzilveszterFirstController extends ModuleAdminController {


    public function __construct() {

        $this->lang = false;

        parent::__construct();

    }


    public function initContent(){

        $this-> renderView();

        return parent::initContent();

    }

    public function renderView() {

        $this->base_tpl_view = 'test.tpl';

        //printf("<pre>%s</pre>",print_r(parent::renderView(),true));

        return parent::renderView();

    }

}

[nicknic92]

so this topic still don't have any solution?

[plup]

Hi guys,

 

I have basically the same code than VinayC :

class AdminPillowGeneratorFabricController extends ModuleAdminController
{
	public function __construct()
	{
                $this->className = 'PillowGeneratorFabric';	// Model class name
		$this->table = 'pillowgenerator_fabric';	// Table in database (without prefix)

		// Using view list helper
		$this->fields_list = array(
			'id_pillowgenerator_fabric' => array(
				'title' => $this->l('ID'),
				'align' => 'center',
				'width' => 25),
			'name' => array(
				'title' => $this->l('Name'),
				'align' => 'center',
				'width' => 100),
                        ),
		);

		$this->bootstrap = true;
		
		parent::__construct();
        }

	public function renderView() 
	{
		$tpl = $this->context->smarty->createTemplate(_PS_MODULE_DIR_.'/pillowgenerator/views/templates/admin/fabric_view.tpl');
                return $tpl->fetch();
        }
}

But the View button give me this error :

 

Fatal error: Class 'PillowGeneratorFabric' not found in /var/www/html/classes/controller/AdminController.php on line 1617

 

As far as I search nobody found a clear solution to this problem. Any news ?

Edited September 10, 2016 by plup (see edit history)

[plup]

Well, I usual, I searched for a full day and the answer becomes obvious when I post on the forum.

 

I forgot to include my model in my controller...

 

So this code works actually well.

Edited September 10, 2016 by plup (see edit history)

[yined]

@plup Super eh solucionado.