Controller class extend not working

Question

I am working with Magento CE 1.9.0.1 and I like to extend the second controller from the first controller class.

First controller

class Federallawyer_Flphotos_SuggestController
    extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action { 
}

Second controller

class Federallawyer_Flphotos_ConnectController
    extends Federallawyer_Flphotos_SuggestController {
}

the second controller is extended from the first controller, but Magento is throwing an error.

the error is

Call to undefined method Federallawyer_Flphotos_ConnectController::getCustomerSession(),

While I define this method in first controller file.

Any idea's or suggestions will help me

Answer 1

This will not work without an require():

<?php

require(Mage::getModuleDir('controllers', 'Federallawyer_Flphotos').DS.'SuggestController.php');

class Federallawyer_Flphotos_ConnectController extends Federallawyer_Flphotos_SuggestController
{
//...
}

Controller actions will resolve the main controller class (Federallawyer_Flphotos_ConnectController) based on configuration and routing, but it is extending another class (Federallawyer_Flphotos_SuggestController) which PHP has to resolve on its own using the autoloading conventions.

Answer 2

try adding following code in your second controller class

require_once 'Federallawyer/Flphotos/controllers/SuggestController.php';
class Federallawyer_Flphotos_ConnectController extends Federallawyer_Flphotos_SuggestController {
}