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Magento Tips: How To Create A Limited Access Wholesale Directory

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Feb 21, 2013 1437 Updated: February 11, 2025 13:18

Magento Tips: How To Create A Limited Access Wholesale Directory

In some cases it is necessary to create a wholesale directory on a website, which can be accessed by wholesale customers only, while all other users should not be able to access the directory. You can achieve this by using the observer controller_action_predispatch.

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   public function controllerActionPredispatch(Varien_Event_Observer $observer)
   {
       if (Mage::helper('privatesite')->isEnabled()) {
           $customer = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');

           if (!$customer->isLoggedIn()) {
               $controller = $observer->getEvent()->getControllerAction();
               if ($this->_checkRoute($controller)) {
                   $request = $controller->getRequest();
                   $request->initForward();
                   $request->setControllerName('account');
                   $request->setModuleName('customer');
                   $request->setActionName('login')
                       ->setDispatched(FALSE);
               }
           }
       }
   }

public function controllerActionPredispatch(Varien_Event_Observer $observer)

{

if (Mage::helper('privatesite')->isEnabled()) {

$customer = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session');

if (!$customer->isLoggedIn()) {

$controller = $observer->getEvent()->getControllerAction();

if ($this->_checkRoute($controller)) {

$request = $controller->getRequest();

$request->initForward();

$request->setControllerName('account');

$request->setModuleName('customer');

$request->setActionName('login')

->setDispatched(FALSE);

}

i.e. checking if the customer has logged in, and if not, he is redirected to the login page.

   /**
    * @param $controller Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action
    */
   protected function _checkRoute($controller)
   {
       if (($controller->getFullActionName() == 'customer_account_login') ||
           $controller->getFullActionName() == 'customer_account_loginPost'
       ) {
           return FALSE;
       }

       return TRUE;
   }