Frontend Form 404 action

Question

Using Magento 1.7 and I've created a simple frontend form, however, when I go to test and submit the form it returns the 404 page, though I'm really not sure why.

Here is my code structure:

|-Vendor
|-----Module
|---------Block
|-------------Form.php
|---------controllers
|-------------IndexController.php
|---------etc
|-------------config.xml

Form.php:

<?php
    class Vendor_Module_Block_Form extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
    {
        public function getFormAction()
        {
            return $this->getUrl('module/index/post');
        }
    }

IndexController.php

<?php
    class Vendor_Module_IndexController extends Mage_Contacts_IndexController
    {
        public function postAction()
        {
            //custom form stuff
        }
    }

config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Vendor_Module>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </Vendor_Module>
    </modules>
    <frontend>
        <routers>
            <module>
                <args>
                    <modules>
                        <Vendor_Module before="Mage_Contacts">Vendor_Module</Vendor_Module>
                    </modules>
                </args>
            </module>
        </routers>
    </frontend>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <module>
                <class>Vendor_Module_Block</class>
            </module>
        </blocks>
    </global>
</config>

I've checked in admin and can see that it is enabled, I've added a Helper/Data.php file as suggested in another SO post. I've cleared cache and reindexed but still, it doesn't work.

Any ideas or anything clearly wrong that I've missed?

Answer 1

I assume that you are extending/rewriting the contacts index controller, so you should use contacts/index/postcustom in your form action instead of module/index/post. And update your codes with the below guide.

In your IndexController.php, require the Mage_Contacts_IndexController file. See version below:

<?php

require_once(Mage::getModuleDir('controllers','Mage_Contacts').DS.'IndexController.php');

class Vendor_Module_IndexController extends Mage_Contacts_IndexController {
    public function postcustomAction()
    {
        //custom form stuff
    }
}

And in your config.xml, update the frontend>routers... like below:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    ...
    <frontend>
      <routers>
        <contacts>
          <args>
            <modules>
              <vendor_module_contacts before="Mage_Contacts">Vendor_Module</vendor_module_contacts>
            </modules>
          </args>
        </contacts>
      </routers>
    </frontend>
    ...
</config>

Make sure that you flush your cache to see the new changes.