admin controller not working in client side Magento - php

Question

I am creating a new module which will record all the data from contact us page.
and all the data information will show in admin panel.
I have following code in my config.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
<Vampi_Contactsform>
<version>1.0.0</version>
</Vampi_Contactsform>
</modules>
<global>
<models>
<vampi_contactsform>
<class>Vampi_Contactsform_Model</class>
<resourceModel>vampi_contactsform_mysql4</resourceModel>
</vampi_contactsform>
</models>
<resources>
<vampi_setup>
<setup>
<module>Vampi_Contactsform</module>
</setup>
<connection>
<use>core_setup</use>
</connection>
</vampi_setup>
<vampi_write>
<connection>
<use>core_write</use>
</connection>
</vampi_write>
<vampi_read>
<connection>
<use>core_read</use>
</connection>
</vampi_read>
</resources>
<blocks>
<vampi_contactsform>
<class>Vampi_Contactsform_Block</class>
</vampi_contactsform>
</blocks>
<helpers>
<vampi_contactsform>
<class>Vampi_Contactsform_Helper</class>
</vampi_contactsform>
</helpers>
</global>
<admin>
<routers>
<adminhtml>
<args>
<modules>
<vampi_contactsform before="Mage_Adminhtml">Vampi_Contactsform_Adminhtml</vampi_contactsform>
</modules>
</args>
</adminhtml>
</routers>
</admin>
<frontend>
<routers>
<contactsform>
<args>
<modules>
<vampi_contactsform before="Mage_Contactsform">Vampi_Contactsform</vampi_contactsform>
</modules>
</args>
</contactsform>
</routers>
</frontend>
and my app\code\community\Vampi\Contactsform\controllers\Adminhtml\contactsformController.php contains
<?php
class Vampi_Contactsform_Adminhtml_ContactsformController extends Mage_Adminhtml_Controller_Action{
public function indexAction()
{
$this->_title($this->__('Sales'))->_title($this->__('Contact Enquiries'));
$this->loadLayout();
$this->_setActiveMenu('report/contactsform');
$this->_addContent($this->getLayout()->createBlock('vampi_contactsform/adminhtml_contactsform_list'));
$this->renderLayout();
}
public function deleteAction() {
$orderIds = $this->getRequest()->getPost('order_ids', array());
$countNonCancelOrder = 0;
foreach ($orderIds as $orderId) {
$db = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_write');
$contact_form = Mage::getSingleton("core/resource")->getTableName('contact_form');
$db->delete($contact_form, "id = $orderId");
$countNonCancelOrder++;
}
if ($countNonCancelOrder) {
$this->_getSession()->addError($this->__('%s enquiry(s) deleted', $countNonCancelOrder));
}
$this->_redirect('*/*/');
}
public function gridAction()
{
$this->loadLayout();
$this->getResponse()->setBody(
$this->getLayout()->createBlock('vampi_contactsform/adminhtml_contactsform_list_grid')->toHtml()
);
}
}
Please help
this is giving 404 Error while opening page from Magento admin panel.
Thanks

Answer 1

Thecontroller is generated based on the admin session.
And you cannot share the admin and frontend sessions, that's why when making the call from the frontend 404 not found.
Anyway, it's not a good practice to make calls to frontend actions from the backend.
You should have 2 separate controllers, one for backend and one for frontend.
In order not to duplicate the code, you can put everything inside a method in a helper and just call that method in both controllers.

Answer 2

Can't give you a ready answer on a platter, but if you follow this article you should be good. Pay attention to the Debugging section on the bottom. It should help you figure out what the issue is.

Answer 3

Sorry guys, that was my silly mistake naming the controller.
I have renamed contactsformController.php to ContactsformController.php