How can we check whether new hook is used or not?

[Amazzing]

There is a very nice and handy way to add new hooks to Prestashop 1.5 templates:

{hook h='nameOfTheHook'}

But how can we check whether this hook is used or not?

I need something like:

{if $nameOfTheHook}{hook h='nameOfTheHook'}{/if}

or 

{if !empty($nameOfTheHook)}
  {hook h='nameOfTheHook'}
{else}

Is that possible at all?

 

[vekia]

 

 

But how can we check whether this hook is used or not?

what you exactly mean by that? 

 

something like:

if there is any module attached to this hook {
    display something
}

?

[Amazzing]

what you exactly mean by that? 

 

something like:

if there is any module attached to this hook {
    display something
}

?

almost like that:

if there is any module attached to this hook {
    display hook
} 
else{
    display something else
}

Edited April 19, 2014 by Amazzing (see edit history)

[vekia]

should be enough to use this:

{if Hook::getModulesFromHook(Hook::getIdByName("MyHook")) != null}
{Hook::exec("MyHook")} 
{else}
do something else
{/if}

[Amazzing]

 

should be enough to use this:

{if Hook::getModulesFromHook(Hook::getIdByName("MyHook")) != null}
{Hook::exec("MyHook")} 
{else}
do something else
{/if}

Thanks for your reply, but it doesn't alway work the way I need.

I have only one module using that hook. 

No matter, whether this module is enabled or disabled,  Hook::getModulesFromHook(Hook::getIdByName("MyHook")) != null always returns true. 

 

However I found another way to check whether this hook is used or not. And it works just the way I need:

{assign var='nameOfTheHook' value={hook h='nameOfTheHook'[spam-filter]
{if $nameOfTheHook}
  {$nameOfTheHook}
{else}
  smth else
{/if}

[vekia]

ohh thanks i was confused due to this:

if there is any module attached to this hook {
    display something
}

thank you for sharing solution :-)

[thepan]

Hey guys

 

Is there a way to get this done

{if $nameOfTheHook}
  {$nameOfTheHook}
{else}
  smth else
{/if}

without

{assign var='nameOfTheHook' value={hook h='nameOfTheHook'[spam-filter]

Can we not check directly if the hook has anything assigned to?

[gonebdg - webindoshop.com]

You might be able to do something like this

{if {hook h="nameOfTheHook"[spam-filter]
    {hook h="nameOfTheHook"}
{else}
    {* nameOfTheHook is not available ... do something else here *}
{/if}

[Darius1990]

On 7/11/2015 at 10:30 AM, gonebdg - webindoshop.com said:

You might be able to do something like this

{if {hook h="nameOfTheHook"[spam-filter]
    {hook h="nameOfTheHook"}
{else}
    {* nameOfTheHook is not available ... do something else here *}
{/if}

Not sure why need [spam-filter] but work as charm! 

p.s. need } in the end of     {if {hook h="nameOfTheHook"[spam-filter]