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Question

I have the following, (Note the capital and non capital letters.)

In app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/customertab/action.phtml

  <form action="&lt;?php echo $this-&gt;getUrl('adminhtml/customertab/reset/'); ?&gt;" method="get"><input type="submit" value="Post This Form" /></form>

app/code/local/Sean/CustomerTab/controllers/Adminhtml/CustomerTabController.php

<?php

class Sean_CustomerTab_Adminhtml_CustomerTabController extends Mage_Adminhtml_Controller_Action
{
    function resetAction()
    {
        die("I'm lame");
    }

}

inside app/code/local/Sean/CustomerTab/etc/config.xml I have:

<config>
    <modules>
        <Sean_CustomerTab>
            <version>0.0.1</version>
        </Sean_CustomerTab>
    </modules>
    <adminhtml>
        <layout>
            <updates>
                <customertab>
                    <file>customertab.xml</file>
                </customertab>
            </updates>
        </layout>
    </adminhtml>
    <admin>
        <routers>
            <adminhtml>
                <args>
                    <modules>
                        <sean_customertab before="Mage_Adminhtml">Sean_CustomerTab_Adminhtml</sean_customertab>
                    </modules>
                </args>
            </adminhtml>
        </routers>
    </admin>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <customertab>
                <class>Sean_CustomerTab_Block</class>
            </customertab>
        </blocks>
    </global>
</config>

Why when I submit this form does it not call the function resetAction in my controller and die?

I know we are suppose to do 'module/controller/action' in the getUrl

show your config.xml file. Without that, it is difficult to help you out further. — Rajeev K Tomy, Nov 22 '16 at 04:10

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 05:03

1

You have to add formkey in your form

<input name="form_key" type="hidden" value="<?php echo Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->getFormKey() ?>" />

so your form look like below:

<form action="&lt;?php echo $this-&gt;getUrl('adminhtml/customertab/reset/'); ?&gt;" method="get">
   <input type="submit" value="Post This Form" />
   <input name="form_key" type="hidden" value="<?php echo Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->getFormKey() ?>" />
</form>

answered Nov 22 '16 at 05:03

Prashant Valanda

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I'll try this tomorrow morning and upvote if it works! ty for responding :D it has to have name="form_key" ? and is there any reason for that? my other controllers didn't use that, is it because it's in the admin panel – CodingMageSheen Nov 22 '16 at 05:48
Please refer http://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/43962/what-is-getblockhtmlformkey – Prashant Valanda Nov 22 '16 at 05:54
This didn't work :( – CodingMageSheen Nov 22 '16 at 19:37
@CodingMageSheen formkey is required for form submit but if it didn't work then any other issue are you facing – Prashant Valanda Nov 23 '16 at 04:39

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '16 at 21:34

The thing missing was if you look into the controller there is:

class Sean_CustomerTab_Adminhtml_CustomerTabController

Since the T in Tab of CustomerTabController is capitalized, when I reference it in getUrl('adminhtml/customertab/reset/')

it had to be 'adminhtml/customerTab/reset/' and it works

Form to Controller Help!

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