Hooks

Action hooks allow you to add your own code that will run when specific actions occur in WHMCS. For example, this can be used for things like performing other actions when an order is placed, sending an SMS message when a support ticket is opened, updating a users details in another application when a change is made in WHMCS, and many more...

How It Works

Hooks work by creating a file in the includes/hooks folder. Within the file, you need to declare a function that performs the action you want to run. That function will be passed variables from WHMCS, and the values you get depend on the hook being called. All hooks and the variables they will be passed are listed below. After defining your function, you then add the hook to WHMCS which is done by calling the add_hook function:

function create_forum_account($vars) {
    print_r($vars);
}
add_hook("ClientAdd",1,"create_forum_account");

The first part defines the hook point. This must be one of the values from below: ClientAdd, AddInvoicePayment, TicketOpen, etc...
The number defines the priority so if you have more than 1 hook for the ClientAdd function, the order in which the hooks should run
The third argument tells WHMCS which function to run at this hook point and so this is the name of the function which you have written in your hook file

Two example hook files are included which you'll find in the hooks folder - one basic example showing the file format and another providing a fully working example of a ClientAdd hook to validate an entered Tax/VAT ID Number.

Hook Points

Below is a full list of hook points you can tap into and the variables that are passed into each one in the $vars array:

Clients

ClientAdd - userid, firstname, lastname, etc... 
ClientEdit - userid, firstname, lastname, etc...
ClientLogin - userid
ClientLogout - userid
ClientChangePassword - userid, password
ClientDetailsValidation - $_POST
ClientClose - userid
ClientDelete - userid
PreDeleteClient - userid

Contacts

ContactAdd - userid, firstname, lastname, etc...
ContactEdit - userid, contactid, firstname, lastname, etc...

Products/Services

AfterModuleCreate - params
AfterModuleSuspend - params
AfterModuleUnsuspend - params
AfterModuleTerminate - params
AfterModuleChangePassword - params
AfterModuleChangePackage - params
AddonActivation - id, userid, serviceid, addonid
PreDomainRegister - params, domain
AfterRegistrarRegistration - params
AfterRegistrarTransfer - params
AfterRegistrarRenewal - params
AdminServiceEdit - serviceid
CancellationRequest - userid, relid, reason, type
AfterProductUpgrade - upgradeid
AfterConfigOptionsUpgrade - upgradeid

Order Process

ShoppingCartValidateProductUpdate - runs after updating cart, can use global $errormessage
             to pass back error
ShoppingCartValidateCheckout - runs when checkout is clicked, can use global $errormessage
             to pass back error
PreCalculateCartTotals - products, addons, domains, paymentmethod, etc...
PreShoppingCartCheckout - as above
AfterShoppingCartCheckout - OrderID, OrderNumber, InvoiceID, Products, Addons, Domains
AcceptOrder - orderid
CancelOrder - orderid
FraudOrder - orderid
PendingOrder - orderid
DeleteOrder - orderid

Invoicing

InvoiceCreationPreEmail - invoiceid
InvoiceCreated - invoiceid
InvoicePaid - invoiceid
InvoiceUnpaid - invoiceid
InvoiceCancelled - invoiceid
InvoiceRefunded - invoiceid
UpdateInvoiceTotal - invoiceid
AddInvoicePayment - invoiceid
LogTransaction - date, gateway, data, result
AddTransaction - id, userid, currency, gateway, date, description, amountin, fees
             amountout, rate, transid, invoiceid, refundid
ManualRefund - transid, amount
AddInvoiceLateFee - invoiceid

Support Tickets

TicketOpen - ticketid, userid, deptid, deptname, subject, message, priority
TicketAdminReply - ticketid, replyid, deptid, deptname, subject, message, priority
             admin, status
TicketUserReply - ticketid, replyid, userid, deptid, deptname, subject, message
             priority, status
TicketOpenAdmin - ticketid, userid, deptid, subject, message, priority
TicketAddNote = ticketid, message, adminid

Admin

AdminLogin - adminid
AdminLogout - adminid
AdminHomepage - none, can accept a return of HTML output
AnnouncementAdd - announcementid, date, title, announcement, published
AnnouncementEdit - announcementid, date, title, announcement, published

Miscellaneous

ClientAreaHomepage - none, can accept a return of HTML output
ViewOrderDetailsPage - can be used to run code & output in order details view (eg. custom
             fraud checks) - orderid, ordernum, amount, paymentmethod, invoiceid, status
ClientAreaPage - can reference $smarty for defining template vars (no variables)
DailyCronJob - can be used to run code daily for custom processes (no variables)

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