Example of extension with listing block

Owned by Basara
Aug 23, 2017
1 min read

Extension with listing block wrapper (appearance controller)

1. Load custom listing block settings to the layout. Best way to do this is via XML load.

2. Add a hook into your extension on ControllerPagesDesignBlocks (Control Panel side). This will add controller(wrapper) to selection in control panel and show listing on storefront using your templates.

public function onControllerPagesDesignBlocks_InitData() {
$this->baseObject->data[ 'block_wrappers' ]['blocks/extension_listing_controller'] = '[extension_name]';
	}

3. In main.php file of your extension add list of templates which will be used in list view. Number of templates depends on your block listing extensions controller.

$templates = array(
    'storefront' => array('blocks/some-template-name1.tpl',
 'blocks/some-template-name2.tpl',
 'blocks/some-template-name3.tpl',
 'blocks/some-template-name4.tpl',....));

4. Place above template files into folder ยซ[extension_name]/storefront/view/default/templates/blocks/ยป ย 

5. Create listing block controller file in ยซ[extension_name]/storefront/controller/blocksยป

<?php
if (! defined ( 'DIR_CORE' )) {
	header ( 'Location: static_pages/' );
}
class ControllerBlocksExtensionName extends AController {
	public $data;
	public function main() {

        //init controller data
        $this->extensions->hk_InitData($this);

		$block_data = func_get_args(1);
		$parent_block_txt_id = $block_data[0];
		$block_data = $block_data[1];

		if($block_data){
			$this->view->assign('content',$block_data['content']);
			$this->view->assign('heading_title', $block_data['title'] );
			switch($parent_block_txt_id){
				case 'content_top':
					$template = ''blocks/some-template-name1.tpl'';
					break;
				case 'column_left':
					$template = ''blocks/some-template-name3.tpl'';
					break;
				case 'column_right':
					$template = ''blocks/some-template-name4.tpl'';
					break;

				default:
					$template = ''blocks/some-template-name2.tpl'';
					break;
			}
			$this->processTemplate( $template );
		}

  	}

}
?>

6. Add your controller into main.php to $controllers array:

$controllers = array(
    'storefront' => array('blocks/[extension_name]' ));