My Account Controller Extension Hooks¶

myaccount_nav_setup¶

myaccount_nav_setup()¶

Add additional menu items to the My Account settings page.

How it’s called:

$vars['additional_nav'] = array(
    'personal_settings' => array(),
    'utilities' => array(),
    'private_messages' => array(),
    'customize_cp' => array(),
    'channel_preferences' => array(),
    'administrative_options' => array()
);

$vars['additional_nav'] = array_merge_recursive(
    $vars['additional_nav'],
    $this->extensions->call('myaccount_nav_setup')
);

Returns:	Additional My Account navigation items
Return type:	Array

Your hook should return an associative array with the key matching one of the keys above that match the My Account sections. The value should be another associative array with the key being the text you want in the navgation and the value being another associative array with extension and method being the keys and their values being the respective extension’s name and the method being a method that exists in the method’s control panel.

Additionally, you should check extensions->last_call to avoid overwriting previous changes to the My Account navigation and be sure to use array_merge_recursive when merging the previous extension results:

// Check for previous calls to myaccount_nav_setup hook
$additional_nav = (ee()->extensions->last_call) ?
    ee()->extensions->last_call :
    array();

// Load in language file for navigation wording
ee()->lang->loadfile('extension_name');

// Return new navigation item merged with existing calls to hook
// Using array_merge_recursive for a deep clone
return array_merge_recursive(
    $additional_nav,
    array(
        'customize_cp' => array(
            lang('extension_myaccount_settings') => array(
                'extension' => 'extension_name',
                'method'    => 'extension_myaccount_settings'
            )
        )
    )
);

The method defined in the hook should provide the _innards_ of a My Account page pane without a form element (that will automatically be added for you). The form will be submitted to your defined method name with _save appended. For example, if the method name you defined in the hook was myaccount_settings, when the form is submitted, myaccount_settings_save will be called. Both methods–the one defined and the save method–will pass the $member_id of the member being edited as the only argument:

public function myaccount_settings($member_id)
public function myaccount_settings_save($member_id)

If you need to submit anything using AJAX, the following URL that you’ll use (either for POSTing or GETing) is:

'C=myaccount'.AMP.'M=custom_action'.AMP.'extension=extension_name'.AMP.'method=method_name'

Just replace the extension_name and method_name with the correct parameters and you should be set.

New in version 2.5.