Overriding controllers in Prestashop 1.7

Question

Hi I want to override a controller (in /controllers/front/MyAccountController.php) I tried different things :

• In a custom module : /modules/my_module/override/controllers/front/MyAccountController.php

  class MyAccountController extends MyAccountControllerCore
  {
  
  
  /**
   * Assign template vars related to page content
   * @see FrontController::initContent()
   */
  public function initContent()
  {
      exit("test");
  
  }
  

• In /override/controllers/front/MyAccountController.php

  // SAME CODE //
  

I also tried with this code :

    class MyAccountControllerCore extends FrontController
    {


    /**
     * Assign template vars related to page content
     * @see FrontController::initContent()
     */
    public function initContent()
    {
        exit("test");

    }

What is the correct wayto do it, please ?

Answer 1

To override MyAccountController controller you need to extend MyAccountControllerCore class and in initContent function add parent::initContent() and clear cache it may work.

Answer 2

All this methods should work,

Did you check the option Disable all overrides in Advanced Parameters > Performance

It should be to No.

You can also delete the file app/cache/prod/class_index.php to force PrestaShop to scan the override folder.