Prestashop: Disable contact form - prestashop

Question

I would like to disable the contact form in my prestashop installation but there is no plugin to do so. Any suggestions how to do that?

Answer 1

Depends what you mean by disabling contact form but here are few possibilities.
Modifying core contact controller (not recommended since you will lose custom code when updating Prestashop)
Open file controllers/front/ContactController.php and add this code inside the ContactControllerCode class.
public function init()
{
Tools::redirect('pagenotfound'); // redirect contact page to 404 page
}
Overriding contact controller
Create a new file ContactController.php and place it in folder overrides/controllers/front/ and add the following code
class ContactController extends ContactControllerCore {
public function init()
{
Tools::redirect('pagenotfound'); // redirect contact page to 404 page
}
}
Create a small module
Create a new directory contactpagedisabler in folder modules and inside create a file contactpagedisabler.php and put this code in
class ContactPageDisabler extends Module
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->name = 'contactpagedisabler';
$this->tab = 'front_office_features';
$this->version = '1.0';
$this->author = 'whatever';
parent::__construct();
$this->displayName = $this->l('Contact page disabler');
$this->description = $this->l('Disables contact page.');
}
public function install()
{
return parent::install() && $this->registerHook('actionDispatcher');
}
// hook runs just after controller has been instantiated
public function hookActionDispatcher($params)
{
if ($params['controller_type'] === 1 && $params['controller_class'] === 'ContactController') {
Tools::redirect('pagenotfound'); // redirect contact page to 404 page
}
}
}
And then install this module from backoffice.
2nd option is simplest and it doesn't interfere with core files.
3rd option is probably overkill for such a small thing however it doesn't require overriding and if you or store manager ever needs the contact page back he can just disable the module from backoffice.
The module could also be expanded/modified with configuration page where you could for example get a list of all pages in store and let user decide which ones to enable/disable etc.
Update April 2018
Forget first two options and use third. Always use a module (if possible) when modifying your shop.

Answer 2

If You want to block just contact form but You want to display contact page You can put in override\controllers\front\ContactController.php:
<?php
class ContactController extends ContactControllerCore
{
public function postProcess()
{
if (Tools::isSubmit('submitMessage'))
{die('Form disabled');}
else
parent::postProcess();
//return null;
}
}
This will disable ability to send mails.
Then You can cut contact form from theme: /themes/YOUR-THEME/contact-form.tpl
to not display contact form at all
After this You have to delete file /cache/class_index.php to refresh classes in prestashop.

Answer 3

Barto's solution can also be achieved without an override.
Create another module contactformdisabler
class ContactFormDisabler extends Module
{
public function __construct()
{
$this->name = 'contactformdisabler';
$this->tab = 'front_office_features';
$this->version = '1.0';
$this->author = 'whatever';
parent::__construct();
$this->displayName = $this->l('Contact form disabler');
$this->description = $this->l('Disables contact form submission.');
}
public function install()
{
return parent::install() && $this->registerHook('actionDispatcher');
}
public function hookActionDispatcher($params)
{
if ($params['controller_type'] === 1
&& $params['controller_class'] === 'ContactController'
&& Tools::isSubmit('submitMessage')) {
die('Contact form submission disabled');
}
}
}