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Creating a PrestaShop module

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The mymodule.php file must start with the following test:

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if (!defined('_PS_VERSION_'))
  exit;

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<?php
if (!defined('_PS_VERSION_'))
  exit;

class MyModule extends Module
  {
  public function __construct()
    {
    $this->name = 'mymodule';
    $this->tab = 'Test';
    $this->version = 1.0;
    $this->author = 'Firstname Lastname';
    $this->need_instance = 0;

    parent::__construct();

    $this->displayName = $this->l('My module');
    $this->description = $this->l('Description of my module.');
    }

  public function install()
    {
    if (parent::install() == false)
      return false;
    return true;
    }
  }
?>

Let's examine each line from our MyModule object...

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public function __construct()

Defines the class' constructor.

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$this->name = 'mymodule';
$this->tab = 'Test';
$this->version = 1.0;
$this->author = 'PrestaShop';

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  • A 'name' attribute. This is an internal identifier, so make it unique, without special characters or spaces, and keep it lower-case.
  • A 'tab' attribute. This is the title for the table that shall contain this module in PrestaShop's back-office modules list. You may use an existing name, such as Products, Blocks or Stats, or a custom, as we did here. In this last case, a new table will be created with your title.
  • Version number for the module, displayed in the modules list.
  • An 'author' attribute. This is displayed in the PrestaShop modules list.
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$this->need_instance = 0;

The need_instance flag indicates whether to load the module's class when displaying the "Modules" page in the back-office. If set at 0, the module will not be loaded, and therefore will spend less resources to generate the page module. If your modules needs to display a warning message in the "Modules" page, then you must set this attribute to 1.

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parent::__construct();

Calling the parent's constructor. This must be done before any use of the $this->l() method, and after the creation of $this->name.

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$this->displayName = $this->l('My module');

Assigning a public name for the module, which will be displayed in the back-office's modules list.
The l() method is part of PrestaShop translation's tools, and is explained further below.

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$this->description = $this->l('Description of my module.');

Assigning a public description for the module, which will be displayed in the back-office's modules list.

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public function install()
  {
  return (parent::install());
  }

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Likewise, the module should contain an uninstall() method, so as to have a custom uninstallation process. This method could look as such:

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public function uninstall()
  {
  if (!parent::uninstall())
    Db::getInstance()->Execute('DELETE FROM `'._DB_PREFIX_.'mymodule`');
  parent::uninstall();
  }

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public function install()
  {
  if (parent::install() == false OR !$this->registerHook('leftColumn'))
    return false;
  return true;
  }

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public function hookLeftColumn( $params )
  {
  global $smarty;
  return $this->display(__FILE__,'mymodule.tpl');
  }

public function hookRightColumn($params)
  {
  return $this->hookLeftColumn($params);
  }

Let's explore these new or changed lines.

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if (parent::install() == false OR !$this->registerHook('leftColumn'))
  return false;
return true;

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Therefore, this line now reads this way: if installation or hooking fail, we inform PrestaShop.

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public function hookLeftColumn($params)
  {
  global $smarty;
  return $this->display(__FILE__, 'mymodule.tpl');
  }

The hookLeftColumn() method makes it possible for the module to hook into the theme's left column.
$smarty is the global variable for the Smarty template system, which PrestaShop uses, and which we need to access.
The display() method returns the content of the mymodule.tpl template file, if it exists.

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public function hookRightColumn($params)
  {
  return $this->hookLeftColumn($params);
  }

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<!-- Block mymodule -->
<div id="mymodule_block_left" class="block">
  <h4>Welcome!</h4>
  <div class="block_content">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="{$base_dir}modules/mymodule/mymodule_page.php" title="Click this link">Click me!</a></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>
<!-- /Block mymodule -->

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Welcome to my shop!
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<?php
global $smarty;
include('../../config/config.inc.php');
include('../../header.php');

$smarty->display(dirname(__FILE__).'/mymodule_page.tpl');

include('../../footer.php');
?>

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<?php
global $smarty;

include('../../config/config.inc.php');
include('../../header.php');

$mymodule = new MyModule();
$message = $mymodule->l('Welcome to my shop!');
$smarty->assign('messageSmarty', $message); // creation of our variable
$smarty->display(dirname(__FILE__).'/mymodule_page.tpl');

include( '../../footer.php' );
?>

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{$messageSmarty}

PrestaShop includes a number of variables. For instance, {$HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN} will be replaced with the content for the left column, meaning the content from all the modules that have been attached to the left column's hook.

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If you need to have all of the current page's Smarty variables displayed, add the following function:

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{debug}

Comments are based on asterisk:

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{* This string is commented out *}

{*
This string is too!
*}

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$this->displayName = $this->l('My module');
$this->description = $this->l('Description of my module.');
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<li>
  <a href="{$base_dir}modules/mymodule/mymodule_page.php" title="Click this link">Click me!</a>
</li>

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<li>
  <a href="{$base_dir}modules/mymodule/mymodule_page.php" title="{l s='Click this link' mod='mymodule'}">{l s='Click me!' mod='mymodule'}</a>
</li>

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<h4>Welcome!</h4>
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Click me!

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<h4>{l s='Welcome!' mod='mymodule'}</h4>
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{l s='Click me!' mod='mymodule'}

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<?php

global $_MODULE;
$_MODULE = array();
$_MODULE['<{mymodule}prestashop>mymodule_2ddddc2a736e4128ce1cdfd22b041e7f'] = 'Mon module';
$_MODULE['<{mymodule}prestashop>mymodule_d6968577f69f08c93c209bd8b6b3d4d5'] = 'Description de mon module';
$_MODULE['<{mymodule}prestashop>mymodule_c66b10fbf9cb6526d0f7d7a602a09b75'] = 'Cliquez sur ce lien';
$_MODULE['<{mymodule}prestashop>mymodule_f42c5e677c97b2167e7e6b1e0028ec6d'] = 'Cliquez-moi \!';
$_MODULE['<{mymodule}prestashop>mymodule_page_c0d7cffa0105851272f83d5c1fe63a1c'] = 'Bienvenue dans ma boutique \!';

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<?php
class Test extends ObjectModel 
  {
  /** @var string Name */
  public $test;

  protected $fieldsRequired = array('test');
  protected $fieldsSize = array('test' => 64);
  protected $fieldsValidate = array('test' => 'isGenericName');
  protected $table = 'test';
  protected $identifier = 'id_test';

  public function getFields() 
    {
    parent::validateFields();
    $fields['test'] = pSQL($this->test);
    return $fields;
    }
  }
?>

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<?php
include_once( PS_ADMIN_DIR.'/../classes/AdminTab.php');

class AdminTest extends AdminTab
  {
  public function __construct()
    {
    $this->table = 'test';
    $this->className = 'Test';
    $this->lang = false;
    $this->edit = true;
    $this->delete = true;
    $this->fieldsDisplay = array(
      'id_test' => array(
        'title' => $this->l('ID'),
        'align' => 'center',
        'width' => 25),
      'test' => array(
        'title' => $this->l('Name'),
        'width' => 200)
    );

    $this->identifier = 'id_test';

    parent::__construct();
    }

  public function displayForm()
    {
    global $currentIndex;

    $defaultLanguage = intval(Configuration::get('PS_LANG_DEFAULT'));
    $languages = Language::getLanguages();
    $obj = $this->loadObject(true);

    echo '
      <script type="text/javascript">
        id_language = Number('.$defaultLanguage.');
      </script>';

    echo '
      <form action="' . $currentIndex . '&submitAdd' .  $this->table . '=1&token=' . $this->token . '" method="post" class="width3">
        ' . ($obj->id ? '<input type="hidden" name="id_' . $this->table . '" value="' . $obj->id . '" />' : '').'
        <fieldset><legend><img src="../img/admin/profiles.png" />' . $this->l('Profiles') . '</legend>
          <label>'.$this->l('Name:').' </label>
          <div class="margin-form">';
    foreach ( $languages as $language )
      echo '
          <div id="name_' . $language['id_lang'|'id_lang'] . '" style="display: ' . ($language['id_lang'|'id_lang'] == $defaultLanguage ? 'block' : 'none') . '; float: left;">
            <input size="33" type="text" name="name_' . $language['id_lang'|'id_lang'] . '" value="' . htmlentities( $this->getFieldValue( $obj, 'name', intval( $language['id_lang'|'id_lang'] ) ), ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8' ) . '" /><sup>*</sup>
          </div>';
    $this->displayFlags( $languages, $defaultLanguage, 'name', 'name' );
    echo '
          <div class="clear"></div>
        </div>
        <div class="margin-form">
          <input type="submit" value="'.$this->l('Save').'" name="submitAdd'.$this->table.'" class="button" />
        </div>
        <div class="small"><sup>*</sup> '.$this->l('Required field').'</div>
      </fieldset>
    </form> ';
    }
  }
?>

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