ajax custom page

[isabella moreno]

Hi everybody

I'm searching for a solution about my custom page.

I need to post on my custompage.tpl my prestashop a simple string "Lorem ipsum" with ajax response from CustomPageController.php using json format.

Can you help me?

Thank You!

 

 

controllers/front/CustomPageController.php

 

public function initContent(){

   parent::initContent();

   

  if($this->ajax) //special variable to check if the call is ajax

   {

     $this->f(); 

   }

   

$this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'custom-page.tpl');

}

 

 public function f() {

        return 'messaggio prova';

       }

 

 

 

 

custom_page.tpl

  $.ajax({

       type: "POST",

       controller: 'controllers/front/CustomPageController',

       contentType: "application/json",

       dataType: "json",

       data: JSON.stringify({

          

       }),

       success: function(response) {

           alert(response+"succ");

       },

       error: function(response) {

           alert(response+"err");

       }

});