Prestashop: Extend a module template file

[cdcvince]

Hello, is there a way to extend a module template file in the theme ?

Because when I try to extend
"{extends file='module:my_module/views/templates/front/view.tpl'}"
I have obviously an infinite recursive call.

we need something like :
{extends file='parent:module:my_module/views/templates/front/view.tpl'}
or
{extends file='parent_module:my_module/views/templates/front/view.tpl'}

Or another way to extends a module template without having an infinite recursive loop.

Thank you.

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[sarahdib]

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[cdcvince]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61209691/prestashop-smarty-extend-a-module-template-file-in-the-theme

[eternoendless]

It looks like this is a real issue. It's possible to _override_ a complete module template, but not to _extend_ it.

According to the documentation, you can override any module template just by redefining it in the theme by convention. But you cannot _extend_ it, because in order to extend it you need to use {extends file='module:my_module/views/templates/front/view.tpl'}, and since the module: namespace will reference the file from the theme instead of the module's, this will result in an infinite loop.

We'd need a special namespace like parent:module or something like that.

[jf-viguier]

We definitively need this, thanks. We have infinite loops too.

[micka-fdz]

Currently, the only way to avoid infinite loop is to use {extends file='modules/MODULE_NAME/...'} in your theme. I agree with @eternoendless, it would be better to have special namespace like parent: for child themes.