Customer Module not working in local codepool [duplicate]

Question

I want to make some minor changes in AccountController.php. So I have copy AccountController.php from app/code/core/Mage/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php to app/code/local/Mage/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php

But it's not working any idea?

Answer 1

Your code will need to look something like...

config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <frontend>
        <routers>
            <customer>
                <args>
                    <modules>
                        <[vendor]_[modulename] before="Mage_Customer">[Vendor]_[ModuleName]</[vendor]_[modulename]>
                    </modules>
                </args>
            </customer>
        </routers>
    </frontend>
</config>

and your class

app/code/local/[Vendor]/[ModuleName]/controllers/AccountController.php

<?php

require_once Mage::getModuleDir('controllers', 'Mage_Customer').DS.'AccountController.php';

class [Vendor]_[Module]_AccountController extends Mage_Customer_AccountController
{
    // do code
}

As a side note, copying block / model classes in to the local code pool is never a good idea. It increases the pain you will experience when you try to upgrade because there might be changes in those files you would have to copy in.

Answer 2

Copying files to local code pool will only work for blocks, helpers and models. You cannot override controllers using this method since they are not autoloaded like other classes.

follow this question link

Answer 3

Create Custom module look like this below steps:

Step 1:- Create a file Custom_Module.xml at app\etc\module\Custom_Module.xml and add the below code.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
  <modules>
    <Custom_Module>
      <active>true</active>
      <codePool>local</codePool>
      <version>0.1.0</version>
    </Custom_Module>
  </modules>
</config>

Step 2:- Create a file config.xml at app\code\local\Custom\Module\etc\config.xml and add the below code.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
  <modules>
    <Custom_Module>
      <version>0.1.0</version>
    </Custom_Module>
  </modules>
  <global>
                <rewrite>        
            <custom_module_customer_accountcontroller>
                <from><![CDATA[#^/customer/account/#]]></from> <!-- Mage_Customer_AccountController  -->
                <to>/module/customer_account/</to> <!-- Custom_Module_Customer_AccountController  -->
            </custom_module_customer_accountcontroller>
                </rewrite>
  </global>
</config>

Step 3:- Create a file AccountController.php at app\code\local\Custom\Module\controllers\Customer\AccountController.php and add the below code.

<?php
require_once "Mage/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php";  
class Custom_Module_Customer_AccountController extends Mage_Customer_AccountController{
        // here your function
}

Hope this helps!