redirect to URL instead of Add to cart

[danizgod]

Hello,

 

Just starting using PS and I'm using Catalog mode. I've made a module that hooks into ExtraRight and provides a link taken from the Location field of the corresponding product. However, URLs contain special chars such as = or have a length longer that 64 chars. I don't want to change the database or comment the validations code.

 

Therefore my question: how can I add an extra field when adding a product, a field that will not be affected by updates or how can I associate a link to a product and display it using a module?

 

Thank you.

 

By the way If anyone is interested I provide my simple module which can display the price or any field that is not available while in catalog mode (since displaying price in catalog mode is not yet available):

 

mymodule.php file:

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

class MyModule extends Module
 {
 public function __construct()
{
$this->name = 'mymodule';
$this->tab = 'mymodule';
$this->version = 1.0;
$this->author = 'mymodule';
$this->need_instance = 0;

parent::__construct();

$this->displayName = $this->l( 'mymodule' );
$this->description = $this->l( 'mymodule' );
}

 public function install()
 {
 if ( parent::install() == false OR !$this->registerHook( 'leftColumn' ) )
return false;
 return true;
 }

 public function uninstall()
 {
 if ( !parent::uninstall() )
Db::getInstance()->Execute( 'DELETE FROM `' . _DB_PREFIX_ . 'mymodule`' );
 parent::uninstall();
 }

 public function hookExtraRight( $params )
 {
 global $smarty;
 return $this->display( __FILE__, 'mymodule.tpl' );
 }

 public function hookExtraLeft( $params )
 {
 return $this->hookExtraRight( $params );
 }

 }

?>

 

mymodule.tpl:

<!-- Block mymodule -->
<div id="mymodule_block_left" class="block">
 <h4>mymodule</h4>
 <div class="block_content">
<ul>
  <li><a href="{$product->location}" title="Click this link" target="_blank">If you click this you will access the URL from the location field</a></li>
</ul>
 </div>
</div>
<!-- /Block mymodule -->