Event shop:onExtendCategoryModel

shop:onExtendCategoryModel event

Triggered by	Shop_Category
Author	LemonStand eCommerce Inc.

Event handler signature

public void event_onExtendCategoryModel(Shop_Category $category, string $context)

$category	Shop_Category	specifies the category object.
$context	string	specifies the execution context.

Allows to define new columns in the product category model. The event handler should accept two parameters - the category object and the form execution context string. To add new columns to the category model, call the define_column() method of the category object. Before you add new columns to the model, you should add them to the database (the shop_categories table).

public function subscribeEvents()
{
   Backend::$events->addEvent('shop:onExtendCategoryModel', $this, 'extend_category_model');
   Backend::$events->addEvent('shop:onExtendCategoryForm', $this, 'extend_category_form');
}
 
public function extend_category_model($category, $context)
{
   $category->define_column('x_extra_description', 'Extra description');
}
 
public function extend_category_form($category, $context)
{
   $category->add_form_field('x_extra_description')->tab('Category');
}

LemonStand API

shop:onExtendCategoryModel event

Event handler signature

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