How to create a custom Adminhtml controller

Question

I'm just trying to create a simple adminhtml controller.

#config.xml:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
 <AD_CustomShipping>
 <version>0.1.0</version>
 </AD_CustomShipping>
</modules>
<global>
 <blocks>
 <AD_CustomShipping>
 <class>AD_CustomShipping_Block</class>
 </AD_CustomShipping>
 </blocks>
 <helpers>
 <AD_CustomShipping>
 <class>AD_CustomShipping_Helper</class>
 </AD_CustomShipping>
 </helpers>
</global>
<admin>
 <routers>
 <adminhtml>
 <args>
 <modules>
 <AD_CustomShipping after="Mage_Adminhtml">AD_CustomShipping</AD_CustomShipping>
 </modules>
 </args>
 </adminhtml>
 </routers>
</admin>
</config>

This is the controller:

#app/code/local/AD/CustomShipping/controllers/CustomShippingController.php
 /**
 * Class AD_Customshipping_CustomShippingController
 */
 class AD_CustomShipping_CustomShippingController extends Mage_Adminhtml_Controller_Action
 {
 /**
 * Return some checking result
 *
 * @return void
 */
 public function checkAction()
 {
 $result = 1;
 Mage::app()->getResponse()->setBody( $result );
 }
}

When I try to reach the URL https://example.com/adminpanel/customshipping/check/key/6df9ce54d9c315cbdf9484dc54dfcd678/ it shows me 404 Error.

What am doing wrong?

Answer 1

Okay, I solved the problem.

I have to have the CustomshippingController.php in the /app/code/local/AD/CustomShipping/controllers/ folder

And the correct URL is:

https://example.com/index.php/adminpanel/customshipping/check/...

Answer 2

It took me ages to figure out that

<args> <modules> <myrandomtag before="Mage_Adminhtml"> My_Module_Adminhtml </myrandomtag> </modules> </args>

IS NOT SAME AS

<args> <modules> <myrandomtag before="Mage_Adminhtml">My_Module_Adminhtml</myrandomtag> </modules> </args>

So there should be no space or new line inside your random tag

• siliconrockstar: I ran into the same issue. Thank dog for Xdebug and Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php

Answer 3

As you have using new new system

 <AD_CustomShipping after="Mage_Adminhtml">AD_CustomShipping</AD_CustomShipping>
 </modules>

create admin controller so.

CustomShippingController.php location app/code/local/AD/CustomShipping/controllers/ should be

app/code/local/AD/CustomShipping/controllers/Adminhtml/ 

and you can access this by

https://example.com/admin/customShipping/check.....

• Serhii Matrunchyk: I created the Adminhtml folder and moved the controller file into there. And renamed the controller's class name. Still doesn't work.. Please note that I use the URL example.com/adminpanel... not example.com/admin..., because the admin panel URL prefix is changed in the system configuration.