Modules admin controller not found

[PhpMadman]

In my module I added /controllers/admin/AdminRenderPdf.php

And then I added this.

<?php
class AdminRenderPdf extends ModuleAdminController
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

}

?>

But PrestaShop refuses to find it. Even when I re-install the module and deleted the class_index.php

What else do I need to do?

[Eolia]

try this....

<?php
class AdminRenderPdf extends AdminModulesController
{
 ....

//or
<?php
class AdminRenderPdf extends AdminController
{
 ....

// It's depend of the job

[PhpMadman]

None of the above works.

Even tried renaming to AdminRenderPdfController

 

index.php?controller=AdminRenderPdf

Still says controller not found

 

*EDIT*

 

As for the job.

It's similar to the real AdminPdfController but it will have some additions and tweaks.

Edited September 9, 2014 by PhpMadman (see edit history)

[irrelevant]

If it helps, I'm also doing a module that affects that file...

 

I've just put an AdminPdfController.php in the module's /modules/my-module/override/controllers/admin/ folder.

 

This starts

class AdminPdfController extends AdminPdfControllerCore

which seems to work.

 

Not quite the same thing, but might help??

Edited September 9, 2014 by irrelevant (see edit history)

[PhpMadman]

Yeah. I though of that too.

I can create a override file that adds my functions.

But I don't know... It seams like the wrong thing to do. But yes, it's a good idea.

[PhpMadman]

I'm been goggling this a lot, All I can find is that my code is correct. It just dosent work for some reason.

 

So to get what I wanted in admin, I decied to link to my working front pdf render instead.

It's not the standard way, but it works.

[irrelevant]

It seems to work... If you call it with e.g.

	Tools::redirectAdmin($this->context->link->getAdminLink('AdminPdf').'&submitAction=generateMyModule&date_from='.urlencode(Tools::getValue('date_from')).'&date_to='.urlencode(Tools::getValue('date_to')));

(c.f. AdminDeliverySlipController.php)

 

Then all your override needs to do is add a function

	public function processGenerateMyModule()

- no need to actually amend anything existing - it gets found automatically. (but note the capitalisation of the G!)

[PhpMadman]

Hi.

 

Maybe I was a bit unclear. It's my new Admin Controller that does not work, from first post.

I have not tried with the override. I don't like to use overrides, not even for adding functions.

Even tho this module must use some overrides to work. I try to keep the code to a minimum.

 

But I might need to add the override anyway. I'm gonna sell it on addon site. So they might fail it due to that litle hack...

Yeah.. I think I'll rewrite it to use AdminPdfController override...

[irrelevant]

Ah gotcha....

Not sure if it's the same as you need, but my module adds an admin controller ("AdminMyModuleController.php") using

class AdminMyModuleController extends ModuleAdminController

, which is then called from the Orders menu (created via

$this->installModuleTab('AdminMyModule', 'My Module', Tab::getIdFromClassName('AdminOrders'))

)

[PhpMadman]

Thanks all for your input.

 

I still have no idea why I just couldn't create a new Admin Controller.

But as irrelevant suggested, I extended AdminPdfController instead.

 

 

@irrelevant That adds the controller to the menu. The controller I wanted should work in background, never to be seen by user.

[Amazzing]

It looks like module admin controllers depend on tabs. So if you want to activate an admin controller you have to create a corresponding tab, and if you don't want it to be included in menu, you can just hide it by setting $tab->id_parent = -1

so, first you create a file here: /controllers/admin/AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName.php

<?php
class AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerNameController extends ModuleAdminController
{
    public function __construct()
    {
         parent::__construct();
        // do your stuff here
    }	
}

Then you create a method for adding tab and run it on module install
Something like this: 

public function install()
{
    ...
    if (!parent::install() || !$this->addTab() ...)
        return false;
    return true;
}

public function addTab()
{
    $tab = new Tab();
    $tab->name = array();
    foreach (Language::getLanguages() as $language)
        $tab->name[$language['id_lang']] = 'AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName';
    $tab->class_name = 'AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName';        
    // if id_parent = -1, tab will not be visible in menu
    $tab->id_parent = -1;
    $tab->module = $this->name;
    if(!$tab->add())
        return false;
    return true;
}

 

This may not be the official way of activating an admin module controller, but I didn't find any documentation on this point, so I currently use this way and it works fine. 

Edited January 16, 2015 by Amazzing (see edit history)

[stathis]

It looks like module admin controllers depend on tabs. So if you want to activate an admin controller you have to create a corresponding tab, and if you don't want it to be included in menu, you can just hide it by setting $tab->id_parent = -1

 

so, first you create a file here: /controllers/admin/AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName.php

<?php
class AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerNameController extends ModuleAdminController
{
    public function __construct()
    {
         parent::__construct();
        // do your stuff here
    }	
}

Then you create a method for adding tab and run it on module install

Something like this: 

public function install()
{
    ...
    if (!parent::install() || !$this->addTab() ...)
        return false;
    return true;
}

public function addTab()
{
    $tab = new Tab();
    $tab->name = array();
    foreach (Language::getLanguages() as $language)
        $tab->name[$language['id_lang']] = 'AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName';
    $tab->class_name = 'AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName';        
    // if id_parent = -1, tab will not be visible in menu
    $tab->id_parent = -1;
    $tab->module = $this->name;
    if(!$tab->add())
        return false;
    return true;
}

 

This may not be the official way of activating an admin module controller, but I didn't find any documentation on this point, so I currently use this way and it works fine. 

At last, after a week of trying, a working example!

MANY thanks!

[Sandeep Tiwari]

Hello stathis
I followed your way and indeed module added a tab but when I click the link it says ""controller not found".  Please help.

[Sandeep Tiwari]

It looks like module admin controllers depend on tabs. So if you want to activate an admin controller you have to create a corresponding tab, and if you don't want it to be included in menu, you can just hide it by setting $tab->id_parent = -1

 

so, first you create a file here: /controllers/admin/AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName.php

<?php
class AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerNameController extends ModuleAdminController
{
    public function __construct()
    {
         parent::__construct();
        // do your stuff here
    }	
}

Then you create a method for adding tab and run it on module install

Something like this: 

public function install()
{
    ...
    if (!parent::install() || !$this->addTab() ...)
        return false;
    return true;
}

public function addTab()
{
    $tab = new Tab();
    $tab->name = array();
    foreach (Language::getLanguages() as $language)
        $tab->name[$language['id_lang']] = 'AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName';
    $tab->class_name = 'AdminYourModuleNameSpecialControllerName';        
    // if id_parent = -1, tab will not be visible in menu
    $tab->id_parent = -1;
    $tab->module = $this->name;
    if(!$tab->add())
        return false;
    return true;
}

 

This may not be the official way of activating an admin module controller, but I didn't find any documentation on this point, so I currently use this way and it works fine. 

This is still not working , tab is added but same error "controller not found".