override contacts form in magento

Question

I am using magento 1.9.I have added a cms page named visit and it displays a form which is given below

app\design\frontend\default\theme\template\sitevisit\form.phtml

<form action="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('contacts/index/new'); ?>" id="contactForm" method="post">
    <div class="fieldset">

        <ul class="form-list">
            <li class="fields">
                <div class="field">
                    <label for="name" class="required"><em>*</em><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Name') ?></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="name" id="name" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Name') ?>" value="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->helper('contacts')->getUserName()) ?>" class="input-text required-entry" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="field">
                    <label for="name" class="required"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Company') ?></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="company" id="company" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Company') ?>" value="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->helper('contacts')->getUserName()) ?>" class="input-text" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="field" style="margin-top: 50px;margin-left: 1px">
                    <label for="name" class="required"><em>*</em><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Postcode') ?></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="postcode" id="postcode" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Postcode') ?>" value="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->helper('contacts')->getUserName()) ?>" class="input-text required-entry" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="field" style="margin-top: -43px;margin-left: 425px">
                    <label for="name" class="required"><em>*</em><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Preferred Visit Date ') ?></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="v_date" id="v_date" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Preferred Visit Date') ?>" value="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->helper('contacts')->getUserName()) ?>" class="input-text required-entry" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="field" style="margin-top:50px;margin-left: 0px">
                    <label for="email" class="required"><em>*</em><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Email') ?></label>
                    <div class="input-box">
                        <input name="email" id="email" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Email') ?>" value="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($this->helper('contacts')->getUserEmail()) ?>" class="input-text required-entry validate-email" type="text" />
                    </div>
                </div>
             <div class="field" style="margin-top: -43px;margin-left: 425px">
                <label for="telephone"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Telephone') ?></label>
                <div class="input-box">
                    <input name="telephone" id="telephone" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Telephone') ?>" value="" class="input-text" type="text" />
                </div>
             </div>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="buttons-set" style="margin-left: 279px;margin-top: 278px;">
        <p class="required"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('* Required Fields') ?></p>
        <input type="text" name="hideit" id="hideit" value="" style="display:none !important;" />
        <button type="submit" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Submit') ?>" class="button"><span><span><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Submit') ?></span></span></button>
    </div>
</form>

this is copied from contacts form and have changed some fields

On submission of the form the details should be sent via email to [email protected] want to override the core contacts methods. In the site contats form is also used. I want to use both visit and contactus cms pages

Answer 1

It would be better to create new controller (extends Mage_Contacts_IndexController) for posting sitevisit form. This way you will use both old controller for contactus form and new controller for visit form.

Answer 2

If you have already showing this in a page then create a custom controller and change the <?php echo Mage::getUrl('frontname/yourcontroller/customaction'); ?>to your custom controller name and action.If you want to customise core methods then you have overide it. This blog can be helpfull http://www.knightdale-computer-repair.com/coding/overloading-the-magento-contact-controller/

Answer 3

As per as your code you have set action of form to a new url contacts/index/new add new Action name newAction at Mage_Contacts_IndexController.

So you need to Override Mage_Contacts IndexController and .and put all code of post action to this new.

See How to override a controller in Magento.

config.xml :

<frontend>
        <routers>
            <contacts>
                <args>
                    <modules>
                        <customcontacts before="Mage_Contacts">Amit_Customcontacts</customcontacts>
                    </modules>
                </args>
            </contacts>
        </routers>
    </frontend>

controller:

<?php
require_once Mage::getModuleDir('controllers', "Mage_Contacts").DS."IndexController.php";
class Amit_Customcontacts_IndexController extends Mage_Contacts_IndexController
{
    public function newAction()
    {
        $Cmsurl=Mage::getUrl('').'YOUR_CMS_PAGE_IDENTOFIER';

        //Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect($url); 

        $post = $this->getRequest()->getPost();
        if ( $post ) {
            $translate = Mage::getSingleton('core/translate');
            /* @var $translate Mage_Core_Model_Translate */
            $translate->setTranslateInline(false);
            try {
                $postObject = new Varien_Object();
                $postObject->setData($post);

                $error = false;

                if (!Zend_Validate::is(trim($post['name']) , 'NotEmpty')) {
                    $error = true;
                }

                if (!Zend_Validate::is(trim($post['comment']) , 'NotEmpty')) {
                    $error = true;
                }

                if (!Zend_Validate::is(trim($post['email']), 'EmailAddress')) {
                    $error = true;
                }

                if (Zend_Validate::is(trim($post['hideit']), 'NotEmpty')) {
                    $error = true;
                }

                if ($error) {
                    throw new Exception();
                }
                $mailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template');
                /* @var $mailTemplate Mage_Core_Model_Email_Template */
                $mailTemplate->setDesignConfig(array('area' => 'frontend'))
                    ->setReplyTo($post['email'])
                    ->sendTransactional(
                        Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_EMAIL_TEMPLATE),
                        Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_EMAIL_SENDER),
                        Mage::getStoreConfig(self::XML_PATH_EMAIL_RECIPIENT),
                        null,
                        array('data' => $postObject)
                    );

                if (!$mailTemplate->getSentSuccess()) {
                    throw new Exception();
                }

                $translate->setTranslateInline(true);

                Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->addSuccess(Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Your inquiry was submitted and will be responded to as soon as possible. Thank you for contacting us.'));
               // $this->_redirect('*/*/');
               Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect($Cmsurl);

                return;
            } catch (Exception $e) {
                $translate->setTranslateInline(true);

                Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->addError(Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Unable to submit your request. Please, try again later'));
               Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect($Cmsurl);
                return;
            }

        } else {
               Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect($Cmsurl);
        }
    }

} 

Note: $Cmsurl=Mage::getUrl('').'YOUR_CMS_PAGE_IDENTOFIER'; your cms page url