I googled "elgg Overriding another plugins page handler" which is your topic's title lolz ;- )

The Elgg way of doing this is to register for the init,system event and in that callback, register your page handler. While this is not necessary (you can just do it in the start.php script), since all the other plugins do it this way, better to follow that pattern. Then you don't have to worry about odd problems like the one you are having.

Ahh, ok let me try that.  Thanks.

FYI - You can Google search this forum using "<search topic> site:http://community.elgg.org"

Yahh!  That works!  Here is the generalized code in start.php:

    register_elgg_event_handler('init','system','my_init_code');
    /**
     * Standard Elgg plugin init function
     *
     */
    function my_init_code() {
        register_page_handler ('profile', 'my_page_handler');
    }

Thanks Cash!

Hey guys, sorry for bumping an ol' thread but I have the same problem and the solution posted above doesn't work for me

My code is almost this:

register_elgg_event_handler('init','system','override_pg_handler');

function override_pg_handler(){
    error_log('Hi sir, override here');
    register_page_handler('groups','overrided_group_handler');
}

function superadmin_group_handler($params){
    error_log('group_handler_in');
    return true;
}

The error message "Hi sir, override here", is written on the error log, but I can't manage to see the "group_handler_in" into the error log =P

In the other hand, I tried to put the plugin up and down from the group plugin, just in the case it makes sense to override the page handler.

Thanks for the help guys =)

Your page_handler function and the actual function names are mismatched. 

elgg_register_page_handler('groups', 'new_handler_function');

function new_handler_function() {} 

btw, in case you want to extend and not override page_handler, you can use route plugin hook from page_handler method.

@Ismayil: Sorry, my example was bad, it isn't the actual code, but works in the same way, the functions name doesn't mismatch in the real code but thanks anyways pal =)

@Vazco: I'm going to try that approach, thanks =)

I just can't find any plugin hook related to page_handler. I must say also, that i'm using elgg 1.7 . I look'd up inside groups plugin (the page handler I want to override), inside the page_handler.php, and I took a tour in all the plugin hooks triggered inside the engine folder, I just can't see wich hook are you talking about.

The fun fact about all this is that the register_page_handler function returns true but it doesn't do the trick :/

But of course it's a nice clue to keep on searching =)

Ok, IT'S WORKING NOW! =DDDDDD

It did the trick after I set the plugin just right below the groups plugin, but I can't explain it since I tried to put it on the top and the bottom of all plugins without much success.

Thanks you guys so much =)