Questions tagged [controllers]
Denotes questions about controllers and action methods
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Difference between /Controller and /controllers
A question I've been meaning to ask for ages, more theoretical than anything else.
I'm fully versed in developing Extensions using the normal Magento module file structure. I've noticed though when ...
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Magento 2: How to get controller, module, action and router name?
Magento 2: How to get controller, module, action and router name?
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Why c is lowercase in controllers of Magento?
Why is c lowercase in controllers folder name? Whereas Model, Block and Helper are starting with an uppercase letter?
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Send data from the controller to phtml
I have this controller:
...
public function insertAction() {
$something = 'testcase';
$this->loadLayout();
$this->_title($this->__("the title"));
$this->renderLayout();
}
....
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Magento 2: rewrite controller
how can i rewrite a controller (that's actually an action) in Magento 2?
I tried, as instructed here like this:
I have my own module called Namespace_Module with a di.xml file, that is taken into ...
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How to get media directory path in a phtml file in magento 2?
Used the below method in order to get the media directory path, but it returns an error.
$om = \Magento\Core\Model\ObjectManager::getInstance();
$directoryList = $om->get(\Magento\App\Filesystem\...
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Magento2 - Custom Controller throws error
I created a module shown in this post. But my own controller doesn't work. I've got this error message:
Recoverable Error: Argument 1 passed to
MP\MyModule\Controller\Index\CheckUserName::...
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Why can't I inject the ProductRepositoryInterface in Magento 2?
I have a controller action into which I would like to inject the product-repository
namespace Nosto\Tagging\Controller\Export;
use Magento\Catalog\Api\ProductRepositoryInterface;
use Magento\Store\...
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How to override the controller AccountController
I need to override a method Controller
Core/Mage/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php
and add a new method. Since this controller to edit is wrong - it should be overridden.
According to ...
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How to make a simple ajax call in Magento 2.1.0
I have added a simple button in one of my phtml file.
<input type='button' name='emq_zip_btn' class='emq_zip_btn' value='Go'>
I have added one custom js file ("emq.js") from a custom module (...
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How do I make my custom module pages use SSL?
I've created a Module with some pages and I'm wondering how do I force this pages to use SSL on the url, like the customer login page. Not all of the pages need it, but some do.
What comes to mind (...
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Using Reserved Words in Magento 2 URLs
Is it possible to create a module in Magento 2, using standard routing, that responds to a URL in the form of
http://magento.example.com/namespace_module/return/index
That is -- a URL where the ...
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How to get all children blocks in controller Magento 2?
I have to get all children block in controller using parent block name or layout Magento 2.
Thanks in advanced.
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The purpose of the http verbs interfaces
In Magento 2.3 there are some interfaces for all the http verbs
Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpPostActionInterface
Magento\Framework\App\Action\HttpGetActionInterface,
...
All of them are empty ...
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Creating custom module in magento2 show fatal error
I working on creating custom module in magento 2, but it's not working. Could you please suggest me where i went wrong?.
My module code:
app/etc/config.php:
'modules' =>
array (
'...
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Magento 2 : Modal Popup using Ajax
How to use model popup using ajax?
Can any one help for this.
Here below my code.
How can i apply in this code model popup?
And also post data get in popup. How it possible?
app/code/Vendor/Complany/...
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How to get block method in controller?
My block file path is
app\code\local\Company\Modulename\Block\Product\View\View.php
In this file method name is getId()
Now how to call call this method in controller?
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Reliable way to redirect to last page
Is there a reliable way in magento to redirect to the last page.
I have a small form that i want to redirect to the previous page if an error occurred.
The form sits on the product page and ...
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Change page title in controler or block
I have found two ways for changing page title and I don't know which one I should use.
1. Override prepareLayout() in block
protected function _prepareLayout()
{
$this->pageConfig->...
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Magento 1 : how to override/rewrite a core controller class?
Note: This is intended as a canonical question that fully explains how controller rewrites work and can be used as duplicate target for more
specific "How do I override controller X" or "Why does my ...
asked Aug 29 '16 at 10:07
Raphael at Digital Pianism
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What are the Dispatch/Execute() functions and how do they work?
I would like an explanation of the dispatch and execute functions, the differences between them, when they are/should be used and how.
Please limit your answer to Magento 2
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How to call a controller action outside magento?
We can create php scripts which runs outside magento. And also use magento functionalities by using the following code snippet in it.
define('ROOT', '');
$mage_php_url = ROOT.'app/Mage.php';
...
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Call action after “Save Config” was clicked in the admin
How can I call an action of my controller in a custom module after "Save Config" was clicked in System --> Configuration --> Catalog? (image)
Settings of my module are inside that section, and I need ...
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Override a controller in Adminhtml
Currently I'm trying to override the GroupController of Mage_Adminhtml_Customer so I can add some code for saving my custom field in the Customer Groups menu. As you can think it doesn't really work ...
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Dynamic create block in magento 2 and send as ajax call response?
I want replacement of following in magento 2.x
$block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('customer/form_login')->setTemplate('persistent/customer/form/login.phtml');
$this->getResponse()-&...
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Magento 2 - Ajax is not calling Controller
I tried to make a simple ajax-call to my controller.
Somehow I don't get a valid response.
MyCompany/MyModule/Index/GetAjax.php
namespace MyCompany\MyModule\Controller\Index;
class GetAjax extends ...
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Form Key Value in template and controller
The following function is used to get the form key in templates with type hidden. My customerController.php does not validate the form key with the method _validateFormKey(). When I echo the following ...
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Custom Block “Invalid Block Type”
I have a custom Block which I'm now trying to break into two sepparate blocks.
Here's my folder structure (on app/code/local/MyNamespace/CustomerDashboard):
Since I want to break the functions of ...
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Overriding a core controller's preDispatch method
I need to override a core controller's preDispatch method. The core controller inherits from Mage_Checkout_Controller_Action, which itself has a preDispatch method that needs to be called. Since I'm ...
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“We can't save the customer” error after Migration - Magento 2.3
I have migrated store from Magento 1.7.0.2 to Magento 2.3.
When i Create the customer it shows me error "We can't save the customer."
I have checked log file and i can see log, "Class Magento\Eav\...
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Magento 2: Why Does My Custom Controller Generate an Interceptor?
I recently created a basic routing configuration for a test module
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../lib/internal/...
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AccountController override not working on new Action and doing 302 redirection
I am try add new action on AccountController
Now: AccountController is override properly
But it is whenever hit new Action (ajaxLoginPostAction) is redirect to 302.
I add ajaxLoginPost() as open ...
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Magento + JQuery + Ajax - How do I reload just parts of my custom Module instead of the whole Block?
I was just recently given the task to create a simple Product configurator for our Magento Template in 5 days, where you can choose some attributes and it calculates the price for you, fades over a ...
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Update price in checkout page without refresh Magento 2
I have a controller where I apply some discount on the checkout page.
Now, I can see the price change just after I refresh the page.
I search for a solution, to refresh the price using a Js file.
...
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Magento2 - How to get JSON response from Controller [closed]
I've created my custom controller and I want to return the result formated with JSON. I always get a JSON parse error "JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data" and the ...
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Magento checkout - getting custom attribute value
I am working in the OnepageController.php
What I needed was in the checkout process was to get values of some customer created attributes for the products in the current order. I have been able to ...
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Retreive and return response from controller in magento2
I have a problem in which I'm making an AJAX call to a controller. But, I am not able to check whether it is working or not. I also want to return data in response. But, it keeps throwing some errors. ...
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Magento 2.1: Invoke urlBuilder->getUrl() in a controller in a custom module
I think my issue might have to do with dependency injection, which I'm still trying to grab the concept.
What I would like to do is to be able to get the URL using getUrl() function from Magento\...
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Magento 2: How to get data from controller to block/view
I am looking for the right flow of data of how Magento wants me to do it. I have some data which I want to pass to the view. How do I do this the right way?
I saw the following answer for Magento 1.x ...
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Magento\Framework\ObjectManager\ObjectManager given
I get the following when using my controller through a front end route.
Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to
Namespace\Module\Controller\Index\Index::__construct() must be an
...
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Magento 2 - Send form data to Controller using AJAX and return Result to PHTML
I am working on a simple custom module, where user can input height and the weight/BMI will be shown as output on form submit. The page where user enters input is Calculation Page while output is ...
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Programatically clear the cart of a logged-in user
TL;DR
When a customer is logged in, Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->clear(); doesn't clear their cart. I need something that will.
I've asked this as part of another question, but i ...
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Magento 2.2.5 : Cant go to execute() in Controller
I'm doing a simple CRUD custom module after this module
C:\xampp\htdocs\magento\vendor\magento\module-cms\Controller\Adminhtml\Page\Save.php
and I have a controller to save/create/add the "students" ...
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What is the purpose of isAllowed method and when It is called in Magento 2?
I have seen that below method.
protected function _isAllowed()
{
return $this->_authorization->isAllowed('Custom_Module::moduleslider_banners');
}
What exactly it will do?
Will it check ...
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Add new Action to a existing Magento route - Magento2
Here is my scenario, I want to add a new Action to an existing Magento route, for example under the MyAccount section you can find /sales/order/[view, history, etc]; I want to add an index like an ...
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How to call block method from Controller in magento 2
I want call block methods from controller. My files are below
Controller
namespace Vendor\ModuleName\Controller\Index;
use Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action;
use Magento\Framework\App\Action\...
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Where all controller frontnames are stored?
Suppose I've action URL abc/index/save and frontname abc is defined in my config file. When I hit abc/index/save it calls my action method. Where all frontname informations are stored? Does it ...
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Magento2 Override Contact Post Controller [duplicate]
how to Override contact controller in custom module?
venoder/magento/module-contact/Controller/Index.php
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How to avoid redirection to “enable-cookies” page during controller unit test?
I'm doing a very simple controller test using Ecomdev_PHPUnit:
class Foo_BarWishlist_Test_Controller_IndexController
extends EcomDev_PHPUnit_Test_Case_Controller
{
/**
* @test
* @...
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How to display a phtml in a backend custom menu
I've created a new menu on the backend, called "X" with an item called "Y". When I click on this item, it appears nowhere because I don't know how to display it. Let me show you what I have done.
In ...
