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Chapter 4
Now, if we try to load http://localhost.com/giftregistry/index/index, we
will be redirected to the login page unless we are logged in to the frontend.
Our next step will be to add all the logic to each of the controller actions so the
controller can properly handle creation, update, and deletion.
The index, new, and edit actions are mostly used to load and render the
layout, so there is not much logic involved in controller, newPostAction(),
editPostAction(), and deleteAction(); on the other hand, they handle a
heavier and more complicated logic.
Let's get started with newPostAction(). This action is used to handle the data
received from the newAction() form. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Open IndexController.php.
2. The first thing we will add to the action is an if statement to check if the
request is a post-request, which we can retrieve by using the following code:
$this->getRequest()->isPost()
3. In addition to that, we also want to check that the request has actual data; for
that, we can use the following code:
$this->getRequest()->getParams()
Once we have validated that, the request is a proper request, and while we are
receiving data, we need to actually create gift registry. To do so, we will add a new
function inside our registry model by following these steps:
1. Open the registry entity model.
2. Create a new function called updateRegistryData() and make sure the
function takes two parameters: $customer and $data.
3. The file location is app/code/local/Mdg/Giftregistry/Model/Entity.
php. Add the following code inside this function:
public function updateRegistryData(Mage_Customer_Model_Customer
$customer, $data)
{
try{
if(!empty($data))
{
$this->setCustomerId($customer->getId());
$this->setWebsiteId($customer->getWebsiteId());
$this->setTypeId($data['type_id']);
$this->setEventName($data['event_name']);
$this->setEventDate($data['event_date']);
$this->setEventCountry($data['event_country']);
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