I asked this same question on the official forums but received no response. Not sure if anyone here is experienced with PrestaShop but here is my issue.
I need to add an extra field in the manufacturer edit/add tab, I was able to do this by overriding renderForm in AdminManufacturersController.php like this:
public function renderForm()
{
global $shopOptions;
$this->fields_form_override = array(
array(
'type' => 'checkbox',
'label' => 'Shop',
'name' => 'shop_select',
'desc' => 'Choose The Shops This Manufacturer Applies To',
'values' => array(
'query' => $shopOptions, >> comes from array filled by db query in __construct
'id' => 'id',
'name' => 'name'
),
),
);
return parent::renderForm();
}
This works and I am now trying to find the update and create functions for a manufacturer. When editing the product classes, you can easily spot set functions like setQuantity in StockAvailable.php.
I have ssh access to the server so I was able to dig deeper with grep, to no avail. It seems like it uses some sort of function to auto insert into the database whilst some classes use a plain old execute with a normal query.
Any ideas on where this could be found?