Magento Custom Form With Notification

Step1: you need to creat a XML file same at location given below, if folder does not exist please create it

/app/etc/modules/MageWorks_Contact.xml

and paste the content below in MageWorks_Contact.xml

 
    
        
            true
            local
        
        

Step 2: Now create Confix.xml at the location below

app/code/local/MageWorks/Contact/etc/config.xml 

and paste the content below to config.xml file

 

    
        
            0.1.0
        
       
 
    
        
            
                standard
                
                    MageWorks_Contact
                    MageWorks_Contact
                
            
        
        

Step 3: Now create controller at the folloing location

app/code/local/MageWorks/Contact/controllers/IndexController.php

now paste the content below to controller

class MageWorks_Contact_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
        //Get current layout state
        $this->loadLayout();   
 
        $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock(
            'Mage_Core_Block_Template',
            'mageworks.contact',
            array(
                'template' => 'mageworks/contact.phtml'
            )
        );
 
        $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);
        //$this->getLayout()->getBlock('right')->insert($block, 'catalog.compare.sidebar', true);
 
        $this->_initLayoutMessages('core/session');
 
        $this->renderLayout();
    }
 
    public function sendemailAction()
    {
        //Fetch submited params
        $params = $this->getRequest()->getParams();
 
        $mail = new Zend_Mail();
        $mail->setBodyText($params['comment']);
        $mail->setFrom($params['email'], $params['name']);
        $mail->addTo('somebody_else@example.com', 'Some Recipient');
        $mail->setSubject('Test MageWorks_Contact Module for Magento');
        try {
            $mail->send();
        }        
        catch(Exception $ex) {
            Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addError('Unable to send email. Sample of a custom notification error from MageWorks_Contact.');
 
        }
 
        //Redirect back to index action of (this) mageworks-contact controller
        $this->_redirect('mageworks-contact/');
    }
}
 

Step 4: Create view

app/design/frontend/default/default/template/mageworks/contact.phtml

paste content below to contact.phtml

 
    
MageWorks_Contact module sample


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