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Overload Library Class Methods with Magento 1.6v or higher

I have Magento version 1.6 and I want to like overload a method in a class which is located in {root}/lib folder. I have seen that there are no problems If I want to overload magento methods in the {root}/app/code/mage folder.

But my problem is, how can I overload specific methods in a class from magento library lib folder?

Solution

  • AFAIK, the only way to override the lib class file is to use the same folder structure as that of lib in app/code/local pool.
    For example if you want to override 

    lib/Varien/Image.php

    then you should copy the file to:

    app/code/local/Varien/Image.php

    But in case of lib class's method overriding. i don't think if that's possible unless you modify the autoload classes.

    Thanks