Modifying OpenCart core files greatly reduces your ability to upgrade
your store to later versions, and can affect other modules and
extensions. vQmod provides a
mechanism by which modules requiring OpenCart core modifications can be
installed without damaging the integrity of your core system for
upgrades. vQmod keeps a list of filenames and changes required, in the
form of one XML file per extension. These changes are then created as
the core files are used, and the resulting files are stored as cached
copies which are executed instead of the original, core PHP or TPL file.