Extend CategoryController

[g.garrido]

Hello there, version 1.7.3.4 here.

I need to change the behavior of the CategoryController so it changes the template on certain categories. It's working as long as I override it but I'm reading that overrides are not recommended in the long term.

I'm trying to make a module in order to do that but I have no clue of where to start. I just need to change the initContent function.

Can you help me guys?

[hexadog]

Hi,

 

did you find a way to do it ?

I'm facing the same issue. I need to extends CategoryController and I don't find a way to get it works with PS1.7.

I'm creating a module with the following file: /override/controllers/front/CategoryController.php but the file is not copied into /override folder of prestashop when installing the module. I guess it's because overriding will be deprecated soon. I can't find any hook related to my need (I'm trying to customize the way products are ordered when displaying a specific category).

 

Regards

[Apar]

Check this prestashop documentation for overriding the core files.

https://devdocs.prestashop.com/1.7/modules/concepts/overrides/#class-controller-override

 

[hexadog]

hi,

 

thanks I read it already but when installing my module override files are not copied into /override folder and so my custom controller are not called. Am I missing some configuration to tell prestashop to deploy mh custom controllers ?

[Apar]

I don't think you need any extra configuration for overriding. You just need to follow the correct folder structure and file name. Could you share your custom controller file and folder structure.

[Krystian Podemski]

PrestaShop has mechanism similar to wordpress template hierarchy, if you'll create file, for example category-3.tpl, this file will be loaded instead of category.tpl, this is a great feature but not many people knows about it

[Apar]

23 minutes ago, Krystian Podemski said:

PrestaShop has mechanism similar to wordpress template hierarchy, if you'll create file, for example category-3.tpl, this file will be loaded instead of category.tpl, this is a great feature but not many people knows about it

Prestashop has this kind of hidden feature too.

[hhennes]

Hi,

An issue is open on github about this : https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/issues/14948
For now the solution is to move manually the file

Regards,

Edited August 2, 2019 by hhennes (see edit history)

[hexadog]

5 hours ago, hhennes said:

Hi,

An issue is open on github about this : https://github.com/PrestaShop/PrestaShop/issues/14948
For now the solution is to move manually the file

Regards,

Thank you, it's exactly my issue. CategoryController is inside front/listing folder.

I'll try creating /override/front/listing folder manually before installing and enabling module and see if it's working.

[hexadog]

I confirm that creating /override/front/listing folder before installing module works.

My workaround (waiting issue solved by Pretashop) is to add the following code within the install function of my module:

public function install() {
        // FIX: PS1.7 not copying files within controllers/front/listing directory
        if(!file_exists(_PS_OVERRIDE_DIR_ . 'controllers/front/listing')) {
            mkdir(_PS_OVERRIDE_DIR_ . 'controllers/front/listing', 0755, true);
        }

	...
}

 

[Ali Samie]

Thanks @hexadog it helped me to solve this. I wonder why after two years Prestashop has this problem and it is not solved yet.