Here is a quick code to check if a Magento module is installed, enabled or active. The functions isModuleEnabled and isModuleOutputEnabled are present in Mage_Core_Helper_Abstract class. $moduleName = 'Mage_Core'; // edit to your required module name if (Mage::helper('core')->isModuleEnabled($moduleName)) { echo "Module is enabled."; } else { echo "Module is disabled."; } You can also check … Read more
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
I was building a custom module in Magento. I had created a system.xml file for storing configuration data from admin. From the below system.xml file, you can see that I have created a section named ‘My Module Name‘ which can be accessed from Admin –> System –> Configuration. In the file below, I have just … Read more
Suppose, you have created a new module or you have an existing module. You have a frontend page for your module. You want to set or change title, keywords, and/or description of your module page. Well, you can do so by adding few lines of code in layout xml file of your module. The layout … 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