Create a front controller

[beginner1]

Hi I am a beginner in prestashop and I want to create a  front controller for the in prestashop. How can I achieve that?

Edited October 26, 2017 by beginner1 (see edit history)

[GoFenice]

you have two ways to creating a custom front controller
1. using override

simple create a controller in override/controllers/front/YourController.php

for references you can check the core controllers in controllers/front/

after creating the controller you have to delete the file cache/class_index.php - this to be done to detect your newly created controller file

2. create a module front controller

create your own module and a module front controller

modules/yourmodule/controllers/front/custom.php

<?php
class YourmoduleCustomModuleFrontController extends ModuleFrontController {

    public function initContent() {
      parent::initContent()
      $this->setTemplate('my-template.tpl');
    }

    public function setMedia() {
      parent::setMedia();
      $this->addJS('your-js-path');
    }

}

 

here the template file should be yourmodule/views/templates/front/my-template.tpl

and you can use the setMedia method only if you have custom js or css files to be loaded for your specific page, if not please remove it. 

and you can access this page using this url

when friendly url is enabled - yourdomain/module/yourmodule/custom

when friendly url is off  - yourdomain/index.php?controller=fc&module=yourmodule&fc=custom

 

Thanks,

Edited October 27, 2017 by GoFenice (see edit history)

[catalin.pop]

Google can be your friend: https://belvg.com/blog/prestashop-1-7-mvc-part-2-creating-a-controller.html

class mymoduleMycontrollerModuleFrontController extends ModuleFrontController
{
	public function initContent()
	{
		parent::initContent();
		$this->context->smarty->assign(array(
			'hello' => 'Hello World!!!',
		));
		$this->setTemplate('template_name.tpl');
	}
}

 

[bellini13]

You could also read the developer guide in the More menu of their website.  You could also review existing front controllers (there are 30 of them included in the core of prestashop)