Custom Controller Not Executing in Module Builder Created Module

[vmandres]

Hello everyone,

I’m quite new to SuiteCRM and still learning the ropes, so please bear with me. I’m trying to customize the behavior of the ‘SM_Suppliers’ module, which I created using Module Builder. My goal is to add custom validations when saving a record, specifically for the ‘vat_id’ field.

I have created a controller.php file in the following path: /volume/public/legacy/custom/modules/SM_Suppliers/controller.php

The contents of my controller.php file are as follows:

<?php
if(!defined('sugarEntry') || !sugarEntry) die('Not A Valid Entry Point');

class CustomSM_SuppliersController extends SugarController{

    
    public function action_save(){
        LoggerManager::getLogger()->error('SM_SUppliers --> This is an error message');

        // Check if VAT ID is provided
        if (empty($_REQUEST['vat_id'])) {
            echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'VAT ID is required.']);
            exit();
        }

        $vatId = $_REQUEST['vat_id'];

        // Query to check if VAT ID already exists
        $bean = BeanFactory::newBean('SM_Suppliers');
        $query = new SugarQuery();
        $query->from($bean);
        $query->select(['id']);
        $query->where()->equals('vat_id', $vatId);

        $results = $query->execute();

        if (!empty($results)) {
            echo json_encode(['success' => false, 'message' => 'VAT ID is already in use.']);
            exit();
        }

        parent::action_save();
            echo json_encode(['success' => true, 'message' => 'VAT ID is available.']);
    }
}
?>

Problem:

Despite the controller.php file being in the correct location and having performed a “Repair and Rebuild” in SuiteCRM, the custom code is not executing. I don’t see the error_log() messages in the web server logs or the LoggerManager::getLogger()->error() messages in suitecrm.log.

Additional Information:

• SuiteCRM Version: Version 8.7.1
• Image Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/suitecrm
• **Created file in **: custom/modules/SM_Suppliers/controller.php

• File Permissions: 644

• Directory Permissions: 755

I have tried:

• Checking the web server and SuiteCRM logs.
• Clearing the SuiteCRM and browser cache.
• Reviewing the file and directory permissions.
• Adding error_log() statements for debugging.

I would appreciate any assistance in identifying the cause of this issue.

Thanks in advance.

[pgr]

If I am not mistaken, this is the logic selecting the controller

salesagility/SuiteCRM/blob/master/include/MVC/Controller/ControllerFactory.php#L53

Maybe do some debugging there, see where it’s picking up things

For a custom module, I am not sure you need to put things in custom/modules/... you might be able to just put your controller directly where your main module code is (likely modules/SM_Suppliers ). Just be careful to back it up frequently until you are confident that using QR&R, Studio or Module Builder again doesn’t overwrite it.

[blqt]

I am not sure action_save is called for a custom module.
But as this is a custom module, the easiest solution would probably be to redefine the save function:

	public function save($check_notify){
		// add you verification here

		if ($ok){
			parent::save($check_notify);
		}
		else {
			//
		}
	}

[Harshad]

Can you please try creating a file called ‘Save.php’ i.e public/legacy/custom/modules/SM_Suppliers/Save.php and put your logic directly in it without any class or a method. Just put the following line in this file and reload the page to check if it works.

<?php
 $GLOBALS['log']->debug('save logic here');

[vmandres]

thanks for you Response!

This is very usefull for my.

I have modified that file to get some information of what was happening and indeed my module is not called at any time.

And the worst thing is that I think that it does not make sense what the log shows:

...
   public static function getController($module)
    {
        LoggerManager::getLogger()->error('Victor:'. $module);
        $class = ucfirst($module).'Controller';
        LoggerManager::getLogger()->error('Victor:'. $class);
...

I have added a log to check what was happening and I get the following in the log:

Mon Mar 31 13:47:04 2025 [207][-none-][ERROR] Victor:Home
Mon Mar 31 13:47:04 2025 [207][-none-][ERROR] Victor:HomeController
Mon Mar 31 13:47:06 2025 [207][-none-][ERROR] Victor:Configurator
Mon Mar 31 13:47:06 2025 [207][-none-][ERROR] Victor:ConfiguratorController

I understand that I should be calling my module, maybe the error is in the routing configuration of my system (although I have not touched it as I am using the configuration that came in the docker package to avoid just a misconfiguration).

Any suggestions?

[vmandres]

Thanks for your comment but the problem i dont have for the method inner class. The system dont call my class after suggests test @pgr

[vmandres]

@Harshad

and put your logic directly in it without any class or a method. Just put the following line in this file and reload the page to check if it works.

i try and not working