Problem with helperForm override

[Nicola]

Hi folks,

I'm creating a module on my prestashop (Version 1.6). On the module, I create a custom admin tab for my backend. I associated the tab with an admin controller. In this admin controller, I want to create a list to show my record on DB, and a form in order to add new record or to edit the records I created previously.

I'm trying to create the form part using the helperForm. I have a problem when trying to override the form.tpl (I get no form, just the admin page of prestashop with only the title of the list). I didn't find nothing in the Prestashop Docs which can explain me how to override the form in the helperForm

 

$fields_form = array(
	'form' => array(
    	'legend' => array('title' => $this->l('Add / Edit code')),
        'input' => array(  
        	array('type' => 'text', 'label' => $this->l('Code'), 'required' => true, 'name' => 'code'),
            array('type' => 'hidden', 'name' => 'active'),
        ),
        'submit' => array('title' => $this->l('Save'))
     )
);

$helper = new HelperForm();
        
$helper->generateForm(array($fields_form));

what I need to add to the $helper object in order to show me the overrided form?!

 

[jgamio]

I will recommend you take a look on the admin Controllers of PRestashop everything you need is there

 

take some simple AdminCountriesController and check the renderForm part

 

[Nicola]

On 1/5/2018 at 3:14 AM, jgamio said:

I will recommend you take a look on the admin Controllers of PRestashop everything you need is there

 

take some simple AdminCountriesController and check the renderForm part

 

Hey, thanks for the reply. I checked but AdminCountriesController not use helperForm, but it just returns the parent renderForm. I need to use the hlperForm in order to change the normal form layout adding a new field where show the image uploaded.

[jgamio]

Again you need check the core code

i dont understand why you need use the helpForm for these

check AdminCategoriesController.php where you see handle a picture

 

Usually you use the helpForm on the configuration ( Maybe not 100% true I do in these way) screen but for regular Controller you should use the standard each screen on the backoffice use almost the same base code