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I have already implemented the hook "mymodule_civicrm_tabs" and successfully added a new tab on every contact.   However, my current implementation uses a URL to my PHP script which returns a snippet of HTML. My PHP script is currently outside the usual file system location for custom civicrm code.

I would like to change my implementation so that the URL points to the usual CiviCRM controller, and I can just create a new view/action.  I was thinking of making the URL something like "civicrm/contact/view/myspecialsummary', "reset=1&snippet=1&force=1&cid=$contactID"

Are there any examples of how I can do this? Where ( and with what name) should I put my PHP file so that the standard CiviCRM controller will find it?

Thanks,

I created the file named "pogstone_menus.xml" in the same location as my hook implementation.
It contains the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<menu>
  <item>
     <path>civicrm/contact/financialsummarytab</path>
     <page_callback>CRM_Contact_FinancialSummary::getFinancialSummaryTab</page_callback>
     
  </item>
</menu>
I also created a PHP file at: CRM/Contact/FinancialSummary.php which outputs the information I want to see on the tab.

In my hook implementation,  I have the following:
  function pogstone_civicrm_xmlMenu( &$files ) {
    $files[] = dirname(__FILE__)."/pogstone_menus.xml";
}

function pogstone_civicrm_tabs( &$tabs, $contactID ) {
 
    $url = CRM_Utils_System::url( '/civicrm/contact/financialsummarytab' , "reset=1&snippet=1&force=1&cid=$contactID" );
   
    $tabs[] = array( 'id'    => 'mySupercoolTab',
                     'url'   => $url,
                     'title' => 'Financial Summary',
                     'weight' => 2 );
}



When testing this, my new tab appears on the contact record, but when I click it no output is displayed.  I even put an intentional typo in  CRM/Contact/FinancialSummary.php  for testing purposes. It does not seem to be called.

The current contents of file FinancialSummary.php file are:
function getFinancialSummaryTab( ){
  print "<br>test";
 asdad
}


I also called the URL "/civicrm/menu/rebuild&reset=1 " several times for good measure.
Any ideas as to why this function does not get called when I click on the new tab?

I should have thought to use firebug, that solved the mystery of why my function was not getting called.

Now that its getting called, I get the error message
"warning: call_user_func(CRM_Contact_FinancialSummary::getFinancialSummaryTab) [function.call-user-func]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback in /sites/all/modules/civicrm/CRM/Core/Invoke.php on line 186. "

What should I put as a callback parameter to my function?

Thanks,

I got my previous issue solved. My custom tab is now displaying the information I need.

There is one minor warning, which I am trying to figure out how to eliminate:

warning: Missing argument 2 for CRM_Contact_FinancialSummary::getFinancialSummaryTab() in

/CRM/Contact/FinancialSummary.php on line 5.

( CRM_Contact_FinancialSummary is the name of the class I implemented, and "getFinancialSummaryTab()" is the name of my method. )