PrestaShop, Class not found in ModuleAdminController::getController - php

Question

i'm trying to develop a PrestaShop module with controllers i placed, for example in:
/modules/mymodule/controllers/admin/myControlController.php
class MyControlController extends ModuleAdminController {
public function __construct() {
$this->module = 'mymodule';
$this->bootstrap = true;
$this->context = Context::getContext();
$token = Tools::getAdminTokenLite('AdminModules');
$currentIndex='index.php?controller=AdminModules&token='.$token.'&configure=mymodule&tab_module=administration&module_name=mymodule';
Tools::redirectAdmin($currentIndex);
parent::__construct();
}
public function showForm() {
die("hello");
}}
Controller works (construct method is called) if i call it form url
http://myshop.com/adminxxx/index.php?controller=MyControl&token=9faf638aa961468c8563ffb030b3c4a8
But i can't access methods of controller from main class of module:
ModuleAdminController::getController('MyControl')->showForm();
I received "Class not found" ever
Is that the correct method to access a control from outside?
Thanks!

Answer 1

If you want to show anything that concern a form you should use renderForm().
Your should try parent::showForm(); or $this->showForm();.
Here is an example of controller that can work :
require_once _PS_MODULE_DIR_.'modulename/models/ModuleNameLog.php';
require_once _PS_MODULE_DIR_.'modulename/modulename.php';
class AdminModuleNameLogController extends ModuleAdminController
{
protected $_defaultOrderBy = 'id_modulenamelog';
protected $_defaultOrderWay = 'DESC';
public function __construct()
{
$this->table = 'modulenamelog';
$this->className = 'ModuleNameLog';
$this->context = Context::getContext();
$this->lang = false;
$this->bootstrap = true;
$this->actions_available = array();
$this->actions = array();
$this->show_toolbar = false;
$this->toolbar_btn['new'] = array();
$this->tabAccess['add'] = '0';
$this->allow_export = true;
$this->requiredDatabase = true;
$this->page_header_toolbar_title = $this->l('Example Module Name logs');
$this->_select = 'SUM(a.quantity) as total_quantity';
$this->_group = ' GROUP BY a.id_product, a.id_product_attribute ';
$this->fields_list = array(
'id_product' => array(
'title' => $this->l('Product'),
'align' => 'center',
'callback' => 'getProductName',
),
'id_product_attribute' => array(
'title' => $this->l('Combination'),
'align' => 'center',
'callback' => 'getAttributeName',
),
'total_quantity' => array(
'title' => $this->l('Total Quantity'),
'align' => 'center',
),
);
$this->mod = new ModuleName();
$this->mod->cleanLogs();
$this->context = Context::getContext();
parent::__construct();
}
public function getProductName($id)
{
if (!empty($id)) {
$product = new Product($id, true, $this->context->cookie->id_lang);
return $product->name;
}
}
public function getAttributeName($id)
{
if (!empty($id)) {
$combination = new Combination($id);
$names = $combination->getAttributesName($this->context->cookie->id_lang);
$str = array();
if (!empty($names)) {
foreach ($names as $value) {
$str[] = $value['name'];
}
}
return implode(' - ', $str);
} else {
return '-';
}
}
public function postProcess()
{
if (Tools::isSubmit('purge_id')) {
// Do something here
$id = (int) Tools::getValue('purge_id');
Tools::redirectAdmin(self::$currentIndex.'&token='.Tools::getAdminTokenLite('AdminModuleNameLog').'&conf=4');
}
parent::postProcess();
}
public function renderList()
{
$carts = Db::getInstance()->executeS('SELECT ct.*, cs.`firstname`, cs.`lastname` FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'cart ct LEFT JOIN '._DB_PREFIX_.'customer cs ON ct.id_customer = cs.id_customer WHERE 1 ORDER BY id_cart DESC LIMIT 0,2000');
$tpl = $this->context->smarty->createTemplate(_PS_MODULE_DIR_.'modulename/views/templates/admin/preform.tpl');
$tpl->assign(array(
'carts' => $carts,
));
$html = $tpl->fetch();
return $html.parent::renderList();
}
public function renderForm()
{
if (!$this->loadObject(true)) {
return;
}
$obj = $this->loadObject(true);
if (isset($obj->id)) {
$this->display = 'edit';
} else {
$this->display = 'add';
}
$array_submit = array(
array(
'type' => 'select',
'label' => $this->l('Cart :'),
'name' => 'id_cart',
'options' => array(
'query' => Db::getInstance()->executeS('SELECT * FROM '._DB_PREFIX_.'cart WHERE id_cart > 0 ORDER BY id_cart DESC LIMIT 0,500'),
'id' => 'id_cart',
'name' => 'id_cart',
),
),
array(
'type' => 'text',
'label' => $this->l('Quantity translation here'),
'hint' => $this->l('Description and translation here'),
'name' => 'quantity',
),
);
$this->fields_form[0]['form'] = array(
'tinymce' => false,
'legend' => array(
'title' => $this->l('Form title'),
),
'input' => $array_submit,
'submit' => array(
'title' => $this->l('Save'),
'class' => 'btn btn-default',
),
);
$this->multiple_fieldsets = true;
return parent::renderForm();
}
}