I am need of making a change to the Magento function _checkBaseUrl found within:
app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php
As best practice I am trying to extend it with my own module so I am not editing the core code and files but it is not working. If I make the change in the core file i get the desired response but when using this it doesn't work. My module is showing up as Enabled in Configuration > Advanced > Advanced
Files are as below:
etc/modules/Me_Coreextend.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
<modules>
<Me_Coreextend>
<active>true</active>
<codePool>local</codePool>
</Me_Coreextend>
</modules>
</config>
app/code/local/Me/Coreextend/etc/config.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
<Me_Coreextend>
<version>1.0</version>
</Me_Coreextend>
</modules>
<frontend>
<routers>
<core>
<args>
<modules>
<Me_Coreextend before="Mage_Core">Me_Coreextend</Me_Coreextend>
</modules>
</args>
</core>
</routers>
</frontend>
</config>
app/code/local/Me/Coreextend/Controller/Varien/Front.php
I am including only the _checkBaseUrl function in this file not the whole contents of app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php - is this correct? (I have tried to include it all as well but that still doesn't work either)
include_once('Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php');
class Me_Coreextend_Controller_Varien_Front extends Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front
{
protected function _checkBaseUrl($request)
{
// custom changes...
}
}
Is there anything I am doing wrong?
You cannot extend Magento's Front Controller because isn't a "standard" service controller (notice that is in the Controller folder and not in the controllers one). As you can see in Mage_Core_Model_App class in _initFrontController method called by run method:
$this->_frontController = new Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front();
You can only copy the file in your project's local folder:
app/code/local/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php
and safely edit the file according to your business requirements.
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