You can call your block directly from a phtml file with the following code. You can keep this code and call the block from any phtml file. I have assumed my module name as Newmodule and my block name as Newblock.php. The phtml file for the block is assumed to be newmodule/newblock.phtml

We are not allowed to order configurable and bundle products directly. We have to select product options from product detail page of configurable or bundle product. Only then we can add the product to cart. The following code fetches the order option selected for configurable and bundle products:

Attribute in Magento is like a property. All Products, Categories, Orders, Customers, etc. have attributes. For example, the attribute of a product is its name, sku, description, image, etc. This article will show you how to get attribute name and value for any product.

The redirect functions are present in Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action class. /* Redirect to certain url  */ _redirectUrl($url) /* Redirect to certain path */ _redirect($path, $arguments=array())

Suppose, you want to delete an attribute. But there is no delete option while you edit the attribute. This means that the attribute is system attribute. System attributes cannot be deleted. Only user defined attributes can be deleted. To delete the attribute, you have to make it user defined.

Difference between EAV and Flat Catalog In EAV database model, data are stored in different smaller tables rather than storing in a single table. Like, product name is stored in catalog_product_entity_varchar table product id is stored in catalog_product_entity_int table product price is stored in catalog_product_entity_decimal table

To be able to write your custom log message, you have to enable logging from Magento Admin. To enable logging, go to Admin Panel -> System -> Configuration -> Developer -> Log Settings -> Enabled = Yes

Different stores can be set in Magento. A product can be made visible in selected stores.

Scenario: A simple product is associated with a configurable product. You have the id of the simple product. Now, you need the id of the configurable product with which the simple product is associated. Get parent product id, i.e. get id of configurable product from a simple product.

You can resize image with fixed height and variable width. Or, you can resize with fixed width and variable height. Following code shows how you do it in Magento. Fixed width of 600px

The following code gives you the current url of the page you are:- $currentUrl = $this->helper(‘core/url’)->getCurrentUrl(); // Gives the base url of your magento installation $baseUrl = Mage::getBaseUrl();

When you fetch product data, you get the price as integer. Now, you must display the price with currency suffix. You can do this with the following code:- // let $_finalPrice be the integer price fetched

Set a custom session with Variable Name ‘testing_magento’. The session value here is ‘hello’. Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->setTestingMagento(‘hello’); Get session testing_magento $test = Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->getTestingMagento();

You can choose the view option as grid only or list only. The default is Grid/List. You can change it to List/Grid as well. For this, you have to go to System->Configuration->Catalog->Frontend

Problem: I had a new installation of magento. But I was unable to login as an administrator. I went to the admin login page, entered correct username and password but was redirected to the