Custom class not working on saving bean and only working on mass update

💬 General Discussion
1

HIi, I want to override the save method of ‘Lead’. For this as per the documentation i have registered the custom class in ’

custom/extension/application/Ext/include/customLead.php’

the code is

$objectList['Leads'] = 'Lead';

// $beanList maps the Bean/Module name to the Class name
$beanList['Leads'] = 'CustomLead';

// $beanFiles maps the Class name to the PHP Class file
$beanFiles['CustomLead'] = 'custom/modules/Leads/CustomLead.php';

and in the ‘custom/modules/leads/CustomClass.php’

i have this code

require_once 'modules/Leads/Lead.php';


class CustomLead extends Lead
{
    /**
     * Saves the record
     * - You can use this method to implement before save or after save logic
     *
     * @param bool $check_notify
     * @return string
     */
    function save($check_notify = FALSE)
    {
       $GLOBALS['log']->fatal('---------Here----------');


        $value = parent::save($check_notify);
        return $value;
    }
}

When i run the mass update it runs this code perfectly but when i save a single record there is error of not registering the custom class.

2

Haven’t tried this but may be this will help you

3

Is this still in development?

4

I believe it is included from 7.11.14.
You may have a look here.

5

Shouldn’t you just be overriding the Controller’s Save action?

No need to mess with Beanfiles array.

6

Thanks for the reply actually it was method written on the official sugarcrm website. Anyhow making a controller and overriding the save function will it override all the functionality available in Lead.PHP ??

7

Can you please point me to that documentation?

I don’t think it’s needed for this case. Overriding one of the Controller’s actions is pretty standard, it’s upgrade-safe, it’s object-oriented, it’s elegant.

You only need to define what you want to change, and you can call the code from parent easily.

8

@pgr sorry for late reply. Here is the link which i am following

override sugar bean

Secondly if i override can i change the notify bit as my main concern is changing the
check_notify on some logic. how to achieve this using the overriding the controller.

9

i don’t think that is the correct technique to apply here.

The link I gave above has a specific section for “pre-existing modules”, try that one.

The only doubt I have about recommending this is that the leads module uses the legacy controller system, where a file called Leads/Save.php executes the Save action. The newer controller system would use a action_save method in the controller class.

I am sure you can customize the newer controller system, I am not so sure what happens with the old one… the only way to find out is to try.