This article shows how you can return JSON data, XML data, HTML data, or Raw Text data from any Controller class in Magento 2. Generally, in the Magento2 controller’s execute() function, we see the redirect or forwarding call which redirects to the specified URL page. However, we might sometime need to return the JSON format … Read more
This article shows how you can override / rewrite Block, Controller, Model, and Helper in Magento 2. This can be done by two ways: 1) using Preference 2) using Plugin Preference is similar to class rewrite in Magento 1. There is always possibility of conflict when two or more custom modules try to rewrite/override same … Read more
This article shows how we can get name of the current module, controller name, action name and route name in Magento 2. Using Dependency Injection (DI) Below is a block class of my custom module (Chapagain_HelloWorld). I have injected object of \Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http class in the constructor of my module’s block class. app/code/Chapagain/HelloWorld/Block/HelloWorld.php <?php namespace Chapagain\HelloWorld\Block; … Read more
This article will show how you can override/rewrite Magento Block, Controller, Model and Helper files. We will be dealing with the config XML files and the class files to override. We override Magento core classes to update/modify the core functionalities according to our need. We can directly makes changes in the core Magento classes but … Read more
I had to override adminhtml controller class (Mage_Adminhtml_System_ConfigController) with my module’s controller class (MyNamespace_MyModule_ConfigController). It was really tough to find the right solution. I googled, searched in magentocommerce forum and found a lot of solutions. But they didn’t work for me. After searching & trying more, I got some work done with the following piece … Read more
You can easily get controller name, action name, router name and module name in any template file or class file. IN TEMPLATE FILES $this->getRequest() can be used in template (phtml) files. Here is the code: /** * get Controller name */ $this->getRequest()->getControllerName(); /** * get Action name, i.e. the function inside the controller */ $this->getRequest()->getActionName(); … Read more