Auto Currency Switcher: Magento Extension [FREE]

Auto Currency Switcher is a currency switcher extension which automatically switches store currency based on visitor’s IP address. This module is compatible with Magento version 1.3 and later (Magento 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9). Auto Currency Switcher extension tracks visitor’s IP address and automatically changes the store currency to the visitor’s location currency. … Read more

Magento: How to delete / remove extension from MagentoConnect?

Suppose, you have added a new extension to MagentoConnect. You may have situation to delete that extension later on. However, there is no delete option in Manage Extension section in MagentoCommerce (My Account -> Extensions and Languages -> Manage Extensions). You can Edit your extensions yourself but you cannot delete them. To delete you extension, … Read more

Magento: How to create extension package? [IMAGES]

You have built a custom magento extension (magento module) and you want to package it and submit it to magento connect (magento extension directory). This article shows how to create Magento extension package. I have included images for every step which I followed while creating extension package for my module (Auto Currency Switcher). Auto Currency … Read more

php.ini : Most commonly used php directives

Below are the most commonly used php directives. You have to change php.ini file in order to configure php settings. This just means changing these directive’s option and value. 1) short_open_tag = Off Allow the many servers don’t support short tags. 2) max_execution_time = 30 Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds 3) error_reporting … Read more

How to find php version and php.ini file location path?

We can view the php settings by creating a php file in our web root with the following code: <?php phpinfo(); ?> Let the name of the file be phpinfo.php The file location will be: /var/www/phpinfo.php (For Linux) C://xampp/htdocs/phpinfo.php (For Windows with Xampp) C://wamp/www/phpinfo.php (For Windows with Wamp) Open http://localhost/phpinfo.php in your browser in your … Read more

PHP extension error while installing Magento

I was installing Magento 1.3.2.1 in my Windows XP computer. I am using Xampp. I encountered the following errors during the installation. < p style=”text-align: justify;”>PHP Extension “curl” must be loaded PHP Extension “mcrypt” must be loaded PHP Extension “pdo_mysql” must be loaded I googled and the answer was to load the extension in php.ini … Read more