Category: Magento

Ok, so you have written an import script to add a whole load of products into a store but they just don’t show on the front end.  There they are in the admin but not on the front end.  Here is one possible cause. Continue reading Magento: Programmatically added products do not appear in store until you load and save them in admin.

So you want to add some additional functionality when the user posts stuff to your contact form.  You will need to either add an observer or override the contact form controller.  Here is how to do the latter.

Continue reading Magento: Override the Contacts Core Controller

Create a block object inside a phtml template file:

<?php
$myBlockObject = $this->getLayout()->getBlock(“my_block_name”);
echo $myBlockObject->blockFunction();
?>

Insert a phtml template file into another phtml file

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock(‘core/template’)->setTemplate(‘page/html/someother.phtml’)->toHtml(); ?>

Get Current Product From Registry

<?php
if( Mage::registry(‘current_product’) ){
$product = Mage::registry(‘current_product’);
}
?>

Get Request (Querystring) Parameter

<?php
$myVar = Mage::app()->getRequest()->getParam(“myVar”);
?>

Get Controller Name
Can use this to check whether you are on a product or a category page

<?php
if($this->getRequest()->getControllerName()==’product’){
if(Mage::registry(‘current_product’)){
//do something useful
}
}
?>