Event / Observer Hooks

Our Magento Custom Contact Forms extension comes with numerous event hooks, making it easy for developers to extend the functionality of this extension and of specific forms.

You'll find a detailed list of the available event / observer hooks below.

Contact Form Submit Before#

Description#

Client side form submit before processing hook.

To stop further processing and show an error message, set the stop_processing property of the ‘params’ object to true:

$observer->getEvent()->getParams()->setStopProcessing(true);

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_form_submit_before
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), params (Varien_Object)

Contact Form Submit After#

Description#

Client side form submit after processing.

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_form_submit_after
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), params (Varien_Object)

Customer Notification Send Before#

Description#

Customer notification e-mail send before hook. E-mail parameters can be modified here if needed.

To prevent the e-mail from being sent, set the can_send_mail property of the mail_data object to ‘false’:

$observer->getEvent()->getMailData()->setCanSendMail(false);

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_customer_notify_before
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), mail_data (Varien_Object)

Customer Notification Send After#

Description#

Customer notification e-mail send after hook.

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_customer_notify_after
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), mail_data (Varien_Object)

Admin Notification Send Before#

Description#

Admin notification e-mail send before hook. E-mail parameters can be modified here if needed.

To prevent the e-mail from being sent, set the can_send_mail property of the mail_data object to ‘false’:

$observer->getEvent()->getMailData()->setCanSendMail(false);

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_admin_notify_before
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), mail_data (Varien_Object)

Admin Notification Send After#

Description#

Admin notification e-mail send after hook.

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_admin_notify_after
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), mail_data (Varien_Object)

Comment Notification Send Before#

Description#

Comment notification e-mail send before hook. Dispatched when a comment on a form submission is e-mailed to the customer from the admin area.

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_comment_notify_before
• Parameters: entry (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry), comment (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry_Comment)

Comment Notification Send After#

Description#

Comment notification e-mail send after hook. Dispatched when a comment on a form submission is e-mailed to the customer from the admin area.

Event details#

• Event code: pc_contactforms_comment_notify_after
• Parameters: entry (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry), comment (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry_Comment)

Form Save Before Event#

Description#

Custom Contact Form save before event. Takes place before saving a form in the admin area.

Event details#

• Event code: plugincompany_contactforms_form_save_before
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), data_object (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form)

Form Save After Event#

Description#

Custom Contact Form save after event. Takes place after saving a form in the admin area.

Event details#

• Event code: plugincompany_contactforms_form_save_after
• Parameters: form (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form), data_object (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Form)

Form Submission Save Before Event#

Description#

Form submission save before event. Takes place before saving a form submission in the database.

Event details#

• Event code: plugincompany_contactforms_entry_save_before
• Parameters: entry (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry), data_object (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry)

Form Submission Save After Event#

Description#

Form submission save after event. Takes place after saving a form submission in the database.

Event details#

• Event code: plugincompany_contactforms_entry_save_after
• Parameters: entry (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry), data_object (Plugincompany_Contactforms_Model_Entry)