June | 2014 | Razvan Mocanu

Magento get product images

Date June 29, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

Here is how to get the images for a specified product. The image path will point to a resized image of the specified size. $_images = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load($_product->getId())->getMediaGalleryImages(); if($_images) { foreach($_images as $_image){ $pathToImage = $this->helper(‘catalog/image’)->init($_product, ‘thumbnail’, $_image->getFile())->resize(200); //200 is the size of $imageLabel = $_image->getLabel(); // construct array to collect data or […]

Magento how to find if a product is on sale to add on sale tag

Date June 29, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

I couldn’t find a easier solution yet. This is what I use to find out if a product is on sale in order to add a corresponding tag: <?php $specialPrice = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load($_product->getId())->getSpecialPrice(); $specialPriceFromDate = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load($_product->getId())->getSpecialFromDate(); $specialPriceToDate = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load($_product->getId())->getSpecialToDate(); $rightNow = time(); if($specialPrice && ($rightNow >= strtotime( $specialPriceFromDate) && $rightNow <= strtotime($specialPriceToDate) || $rightNow >= strtotime( […]

Magento how to find if a product is new to add new tag

Date June 29, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

If you need to add a new tag to a product you need to find out whatever the product is set as new or not. Here is the method I use: <?php if (date(“Y-m-d”) >= substr($_product->getNewsFromDate(), 0, 10) && date(“Y-m-d”) <= substr($_product->getNewsToDate(), 0, 10)) : ?> <!– replace the line below with the […]

Magento how to get system settings values

Date June 28, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

If you need to get the value of a system setting, here is how to do it: Mage::getStoreConfig(‘full_path/to_the/setting’) For example: Mage::getStoreConfig(‘customer/create_account/email_domain’) These settings are stored in core_config_data table and the full path is in the path column.

Magento how to remove “This is a demo store. Any orders placed through this store will not be honored or fulfilled.” notice.

Date June 28, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

After a fresh install of Magento the notice “This is a demo store. Any orders placed through this store will not be honored or fulfilled.” is displayed right at the top of the page. To remove this notice, go in the admin and open System -> Configuration then open General -> Design -> HTML Head […]

Magento get current product from registry

Date June 24, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

One of the easiest ways to get access to the current product is to use the Magento registry: $currentproduct = Mage::registry(‘current_product’); Once you have the product you can access the data like this: echo $currentproduct->getName(); echo $currentproduct->getId();

Magento how to pass parameters to blocks

Date June 24, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

Even if the block is inserted via XML or via code, parameters can be passed with the call. If the block is defined in XML, this is how you pass data for processing in the phtml file: <block type=”core/template” name=”block_name” as=”block_name” before=”-” template=”page/html/custom/blocktemplate.phtml”> <action method=”setData”> <name>currentStep</name><value>2</value> </action></block> If the block is inserted via code, here […]

How to find block names, templates and other data in Magento

Date June 19, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

By activating the block hints, Magento will display the class name and template of a block while messing up the front end appearence. Now, we have the class names. How do we get the actual block name? How do we find the parent/children block names? Here is a small extension I made exactly for this: […]

Magento Solution Specialist Certification

Date June 19, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento Generalities

Here comes a new certification from Magento, the Magento Solution Specialist Certification. There is already available the Magento Solution Specialist Certification Study Guide which you can download from Magento official site. According to this study guide: A Magento Solution Specialist is an expert user of the Magento eCommerce platform. Drawing on a deep background in […]

Magento using sessions

Date June 16, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to

Even if in PHP using session variables is pretty easy, believe it or not in Magento is even simpler: To set data Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->setData(‘var_name’,$somevalue) To get data Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->getData(‘var_name’) Session variables persist between different page loads so you can use this to pass data between pages.