Magento - Override a controller

Take care that:

- Override a controller isn't a good idea: controllers are the most important part of code in a module and
override Magento Core Controller could create some problem in upgrading Magento.

- We should prefer add an observer that do some action on some events instead of override

Some time events doesn't suit our secrets desires so ...


**Es.**

Suppose we want to override the AccountController under **Mage/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php**

**Our Module:**

- NameSpace Name: Trollycoke
- Module Name: Customer

We create a directory structure like this:

app/code/local/Trollycoke/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php
app/code/local/Trollycoke/Customer/etc/config.xml
app/etc/modules/Trollycoke_Customer.xml


Our AccountController.php **must** include Magento Default one and extend it so ...



For the config.xml I found two ways to do that:

1. One with **route** tag directive --> **this way is good**
2. One with **rewrite** tag directive --> **this way create problems**

**1.** ****

In config.xml in frontend node:



**2.** ****

In config.xml in global node: