Different stores can be set in Magento. A product can be made visible in selected stores. /** * get store id */ $storeId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId(); /** * call the Magento catalog/product model * set the current store ID * load the product */ $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product') ->setStoreId($storeId) ->load($key); Hope it helps. Thanks.
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. Note: This method is deprecated after 1.4.2.0 … Read more
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 <?php echo $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image') ->constrainOnly(TRUE) ->keepAspectRatio(TRUE) ->keepFrame(FALSE) ->resize(600,null) ?> Fixed height of 600px <?php echo $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image') ->constrainOnly(TRUE) ->keepAspectRatio(TRUE) ->keepFrame(FALSE) ->resize(null,600) ?> … Read more
Getting URL of a current page you are visiting or working on is a common requirement in any web development project. There are various ways you can get the current URL of a page in Magento. Here are some :- From Mage_Core_Helper_Url class $currentUrl = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl(); From Mage_Core_Model_Store class $currentUrl = Mage::app()->getStore()->getCurrentUrl(false); If you want … Read more
When you fetch product data, you get the price as integer. Now, you have to display the price with currency suffix. You can format price with the following code. Let $_finalPrice be the integer price fetched. To display price with currency symbol: $formattedPrice = Mage::helper('core')->currency($_finalPrice,true,false); // OR $formattedPrice = Mage::helper('core')->formatPrice($_finalPrice, false); To display price without … Read more
Here are code to Get, Set, and Unset Session in Magento. Set 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(); Unset session Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->setTestingMagento(); Note: Use customer or core session in frontend. Use adminhtml session in the backend. Core Session:- Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’) Customer Session:- Mage::getSingleton(‘customer/session’) Admin Session:- … Read more
You can choose the Catalog view option as grid only or list only. The default is Grid/List. You can change it to List/Grid as well. To do so: 1) Go to System -> Configuration -> Catalog -> Frontend 2) Change the List Mode. 3) You can also change the number of products per page on … Read more
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 same login page. I could not enter the dashboard page. Error message is displayed when I enter wrong username or password. … Read more
Remember that, Sample Data must be installed prior to the basic Magento Installation. But never mind if you forgot to install sample data before installing Magento. Here, I will show you how you can install sample data after you have installed Magento. 1) Download Sample Data zip file from Magento Website 2) Extract the zip … Read more