Magento 1.8.0.0: Add custom payment method redirecting to a new page - magento

Question

I'm working locally with magento 1.8.0.0. I succeeded to create a custom payment method. The method is appearing to the list of payment method at the "Payment Information" during the checkout. The problem is that when I select it, it automatically brings a credit card form, which is not what I want. What I want is to select it and once I click the "continue" button I get redirected to another php page containing my own form.

Answer 1

Solution by OP.
For you who want to redirect to the gateway and want the gateway to redirect back to your controller's action method, here is how things work:
In the file app/code/local/Yourcompany/Yourmodule/Model/PaymentMethod.php ,do as follow:
class Yourcompany_Yourmodule_Model_PaymentMethod extends Mage_Payment_Model_Method_Abstract{
protected $_code = "yourmodule";
protected $_isGateway = true;
protected $_canAuthorize = true;
protected function _getCheckout() {
return Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session'); }
public function getOrderPlaceRedirectUrl() { return Mage::getUrl(yourmodule/index/youraction', array('_secure' => true)); }}
In the line return Mage::getUrl(yourmodule/index/youraction', array('_secure' => true)); , "index" means that my controller php file is named IndexController.php. You may change the name as you wish.
In the file app/code/local/Yourcompany/Yourmodule/controllers/IndexController.php , you may code as follow:
class Yourcompany_Yourmodule_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action{
public function indexAction() {
$this->loadLayout();
$block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('Mage_Core_Block_Template','yourmodule',array('template' => 'yourmodule/redirect.phtml'));
$this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);
$this->renderLayout(); }
/*In the response action, you may code like this*/
public function responseAction() {
$status=$_REQUEST['param1'];
$orderNo=$_REQUEST['param2'];
if(somecondition)
{
/*update order status */
$ordera = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($orderNo);
$ordera->setState(Mage_Sales_Model_Order::STATE_PENDING_PAYMENT, true)->save();
$this->_redirect("checkout/onepage/success");
}
else
{
$this->_redirect("checkout/cart/");
}
} }
The indexAction() is redirecting to a template redirect.phtml file. This file will collect some parameters to send to the gateway (order number, customer name, total money, etc.). You may put that phtml file here:
app/design/frontend/base/default/template/yourmodule/redirect.phtml
Its content may be coded as follow:
<?php
$orderId = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getLastRealOrderId();
$order = Mage::getSingleton('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($orderId);
$order_amount=$order->getGrandTotal();
$customerData = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer();
$customerAddressId = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer()->getDefaultBilling(); //oder getDefaultShipping
$address = Mage::getModel('customer/address')->load($customerAddressId);
$customer_name=$address->getFirstname().' '.$address->getLastname();
$customer_email=$customerData->getEmail();
?>
<form name="myjs" method="post" action="http://yourgatewayaddreshere">
<input type="hidden" name="customername" value="<?php echo $customer_name; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="customermail" value="<?php echo $customer_email; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="TotalMoney" value="<?php echo $order_amount; ?>">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.myjs.submit();
</script>