Adding an existing module to a new hook

[Klian]

Ive created a new hook and I want to add an existing module (blocktopmenu) to that hook.

The hook's name is: topMenu

Ive added this to blocktopmenu.php:

public function hookTopMenu($param)
 {
global $smarty;
  $this->makeMenu();
  $smarty->assign('MENU_SEARCH', Configuration::get('MOD_BLOCKTOPMENU_SEARCH'));
  $smarty->assign('MENU', $this->_menu);
  $smarty->assign('this_path', $this->_path);
  return $this->display(__FILE__, 'blocktopmenu.tpl');
 }

 

Ive added the module to the new hook in Modules --> Position.

 

Then Ive added this to override/classes/FrontController.php:


function displayHeader(){ parent::displayHeader();
		
self::$smarty->assign(array(
'HOOK_HEADER' => Module::hookExec('header'),
'HOOK_TOP' => Module::hookExec('top'),
'HOOK_TOP_MENU' => Module::hookExec('topMenu'),
'HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN' => Module::hookExec('leftColumn')
));
}

Finally in themes/mytheme/header.tpl I have:

<div class="my_top_menu">{$HOOK_TOP_MENU}</div>

But nothing happens... the output is:

<div class="my_top_menu"></div>

Any idea how to get it ?

Thanks!

[bellini13]

what is the content of 'blocktopmenu.tpl'?

[Krystian Podemski]

What is the content of override/classes/FrontController.php? Only code that you post in this topic? Nothing like FrontController extends FrontControllerCore etc?

[Klian]

what is the content of 'blocktopmenu.tpl'?

Ive put a dummy text...

This is the menu

 

What is the content of override/classes/FrontController.php? Only code that you post in this topic? Nothing like FrontController extends FrontControllerCore etc?

 

The full content is:

 

 

class FrontController extends FrontControllerCore {
	public function setMedia() {
		parent::setMedia();

		/*
		* Use Google Libraries API to host jQuery
		*/
		global $js_files;
		$index = array_search(_PS_JS_DIR_ . 'jquery/jquery-1.4.4.min.js', $js_files);
		if ($index !== false){
			array_splice($js_files, $index, 1, array('//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js'));
		} else {
			$js_files[] = '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js';
		}
	}
	function displayHeader(){
		parent::displayHeader();

		self::$smarty->assign(array(
			'HOOK_HEADER' => Module::hookExec('header'),
			'HOOK_TOP' => Module::hookExec('top'),
			'HOOK_TOP_MENU' => Module::hookExec('topMenu'),
			'HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN' => Module::hookExec('leftColumn')
		));
	}

}

[Klian]

I observe that if I put this:

 

 

public function hooktopMenu($param)
 {
   global $smarty;
   $this->makeMenu();
   $smarty->assign('MENU_SEARCH', Configuration::get('MOD_BLOCKTOPMENU_SEARCH'));
   $smarty->assign('MENU', $this->_menu);
   $smarty->assign('this_path', $this->_path);

   $length = $this->display(__FILE__, 'blocktopmenu.tpl');
   echo "LENGTH:".strlen($length);
   return $length;
 }

 

It displays:

 

LENGTH: 16

 

but the code isnt display where I put {$HOOK_TOP_MENU}

[Klian]

ok, If I put this:

'HOOK_TOP_MENU' => Module::hookExec('topMenu'),

 

in

classes/FrontController.php

 

it works.

 

but it doesnt work if I put in:

override/clases/FrontController.php

 

It looks like override isnt working... I noticed that override doesnt work if I modify a module content in themes/mytheme/modules/anymodule/anymodule.tpl

 

Im a prestashop noob... any idea how to get override working ?

 

Thanks

[halennoor]

 

 

It looks like override isnt working... I noticed that override doesnt work if I modify a module content in themes/mytheme/modules/anymodule/anymodule.tpl

 

Im a prestashop noob... any idea how to get override working ?

 

Thanks

 

Some modules when you put them within themes directory and overrided them worked by default.

However, as for using blocktopmenu module -i.e putting it in the modules folder within mytheme's directory , it doesn't appear even at the BO.

 

It only appears on BO modules list in "other modules" after I made a copy into the root /modules/blocktopmenu. ( I used prestashop1.4.8.2 and blocktopmenu version 1.3)

Edited July 14, 2012 by halennoor (see edit history)