18Mar 2012 by admin No Comments

Add Date field with Datepicker in Magento

Magento
Here I want to show you how to add date field with date picker in any of your form like contact, gift message etc in magento frontend design. Magento has a built in library for calendar functionality but its available only on admin so here I show you how to se date field with date picker in magento frontend. Add below css and javascript for calender in your current theme page.xml file. This will include all the calendar library functions frontend on your theme. [sourcecode language="plain"] <action method="addItem"><type>js_css</type><name>calendar/calendar-win2k-1.css</name><params></params></action> <action method="addItem"><type>js</type><name>calendar/calendar.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>js</type><name>calendar/calendar-setup.js</name></action> <block type="core/html_calendar" name="head.calendar" as="calendar" template="page/js/calendar.phtml"></block> [/sourcecode] Now add below code in which form where you want to add date field like contact, gift message etc... [php] <div class="field"> <label for="dob"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('DOB') ?></label> <div class="input-box"> <input name="dob" id="_dob"…
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26Feb 2012 by admin No Comments

Multi Select Drag and Drop Jquery

JQuery
When data is very large and selection using multiselect is difficult so you can use this option multi select drag and drop with jquery. The first holds the options that are available, and the second holds the options that have been selected. Usually, the two boxes are separated by add and remove buttons. You can select an item from the first box, click the add button, and add it to the second box. Likewise, you can select an item from the second box, click the remove button, and it goes back into the unselected box. [sourcecode language="plain"] <table> <tr> <td> <label>All Value</label><br/> <select name="multi_list1" id="select1" multiple="multiple"> <option value="name1">Name 1</option> <option value="name2">Name 2</option> <option value="name3">Name 3</option> <option value="name4">Name 4</option> </select> </td> <td> <a href="#" id="add">&gt;&gt;</a> <br/><br/> <a href="#" id="remove">&lt;&lt;</a> </td> <td>…
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03Feb 2012 by admin No Comments

Import And Export Mysql Heavy Database

MySql
Exporting and Importing database through PhpMyadmin is only good if you have small database. But you want to import and export big database then it is not possible. Here I show you script which is easily import and export heavy mysql database. Import big mysql database [php] &amp;lt;?php $mysqlDatabaseName ='MyDBName'; $mysqlUserName ='username'; $mysqlPassword ='yourPassword'; $mysqlHostName ='localhost'; $mysqlImportFilename ='db.sql'; $command='mysql -h' .$mysqlHostName .' -u' .$mysqlUserName .' -p' .$mysqlPassword .' ' .$mysqlDatabaseName .' &amp;lt; ' .$mysqlImportFilename; exec($command,$output=array(),$worked); switch($worked){ case 0: echo 'Import file &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;' .$mysqlImportFilename .'&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; successfully imported to database &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;' .$mysqlDatabaseName .'&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;'; break; case 1: echo 'Error during import. Please make sure the import file is saved in the same folder as this script and check your mysql details like username, password, host and database name.'; break; } ?&amp;gt; [/php] Export…
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27Dec 2011 by admin No Comments

Magento get items in order

Magento
Here, I can show you how you can get information about all items in your magento shopping cart based on order id. How to get product details from order id or sometimes need to get product it, product sku, product name , category id, category name. So its easy to get product from order item based on order number. [php] <?php require 'app/Mage.php'; Mage::app(); $orderNumber = 100004544; $order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($orderNumber); // get order total value $orderValue = number_format ($order->getGrandTotal(), 2, '.' , $thousands_sep = ''); // get order item collection $orderItems = $order->getItemsCollection(); foreach ($orderItems as $item){ $product_id = $item->product_id; $product_sku = $item->sku; $product_name = $item->getName(); $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($product_id); $cats = $_product->getCategoryIds(); $category_id = $cats[0]; // just grab the first id $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($category_id); $category_name = $category->getName(); echo "orderNumber=".$orderNumber."<br/>"; echo…
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26Nov 2011 by admin No Comments

Magento category product count

Magento
Many times we need to show product count per category in magento. So here I am showing to how many products (Product count) in that categories. First of all I get all categories based on category position with ascending order and then get product count for that category. It shows like below example: Laptops (4) Hard Drives (4) Root Catalog (5) Monitors (4) Shirts (19) Shoes (46) Get category and product count in magento [php] <?php $categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCollection() ->addAttributeToSelect('name') ->addAttributeToSelect('url_key') ->addAttributeToSelect('my_attribute') ->addAttributeToSelect('position') ->addAttributeToSort('position', 'ASC') ->setLoadProductCount(true) ->addAttributeToFilter('is_active',array('eq'=>true)) ->load(); ?> <?php foreach($categories as $key=>$category): ?> <?php if($category->getName() != ''):?> <?php $prodCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection')->addCategoryFilter($category); // Magento product collection ?> <a href="<?php echo $category->getUrl() ?>"><?php echo $category->getName() ?></a> (<?php echo $prodCollection->count() ?>)<br/> <?php endif;?> <?php endforeach; ?> [/php] [JWD-Magento-Development]
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29Oct 2011 by admin No Comments

Remove all products,categories,customers,orders from magento

Magento
If you want to delete all products, categories, customers and orders or sample data from magento database using phpmyadmin then this is very help to you. Here I show you how you can delete all products from magento database as well as all categories,customers and orders. Delete all products from magento database Below code to delete all product and their related records from magento database. [sourcecode language="plain"] TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_option`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_option_value`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_bundle_selection`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_datetime`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_decimal`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_gallery`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_int`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_media_gallery`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_media_gallery_value`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_text`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_tier_price`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_entity_varchar`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_decimal`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_int`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_attribute_varchar`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_link_type`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_price`; TRUNCATE TABLE `catalog_product_option_title`;…
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13Oct 2011 by admin No Comments

Recursive Delete Function

PHP
Sometimes we need to delete any particular directory or all files and sub directory in one specific directory. People who have computer repair training may need to do this from time to time. The following function is useful if you wish to clear out all files and folders in one particular directory. [php] <?php function DELETE_RECURSIVE_DIRS($dirname) { // recursive function to delete // all subdirectories and contents: if(is_dir($dirname))$dir_handle=opendir($dirname); while($file=readdir($dir_handle)) { if($file!="." && $file!="..") { if(!is_dir($dirname."/".$file))unlink ($dirname."/".$file); else DELETE_RECURSIVE_DIRS($dirname."/".$file); } } closedir($dir_handle); rmdir($dirname); return true; } ?> [/php] [JWD-Web-Development]
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09Oct 2011 by admin No Comments

How to add SSL certificate magento

Magento
Here I can show how to install SSL certificate in Magento. Before we go to Magento SSL certificate this important to know all what is SSL and why we need this. What is SSL? SSL is an acronym for Secure Sockets Layer, an encryption technology that was created by Netscape. SSL creates an encrypted connection between your web server and your visitors' web browser allowing for private information to be transmitted without the problems of eavesdropping, data tampering, or message forgery. Once you have done the SSL install, you can access a site securely by changing the URL from http:// to https://. When an SSL certificate is installed on a website, you can be sure that the information you enter (credit card or any other information), is secured and only…
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29Sep 2011 by admin No Comments

Add New Hook In Prestashop

Prestashop
PrestaShop hooks are great way to insert or add data at the most important places or actions of this great e-commerce platform. But may be some time you want to use custom hooks with my custom modules. So here I show you how to implement custom hook? How to create custom hook? Step 1: Register a new hook in FrontController.php open file \classes\FrontController.php and find below code [php] self::$smarty->assign(array( 'HOOK_HEADER' => Module::hookExec('header'), 'HOOK_TOP' => Module::hookExec('top'), 'HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN' => Module::hookExec('leftColumn') )); [/php] Updated code For add new hook I add this line of code [php]'HOOK_Top_Center' => Module::hookExec('topCenter') // New Hook [/php] So you code look like below. [php] self::$smarty->assign(array( 'HOOK_HEADER' => Module::hookExec('header'), 'HOOK_TOP' => Module::hookExec('top'), 'HOOK_LEFT_COLUMN' => Module::hookExec('leftColumn'), 'HOOK_Top_Center' => Module::hookExec('topCenter') )); [/php] Step 2: All active hooks are hold in Prestashop…
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14Sep 2011 by admin No Comments

Read xml data in php

PHP
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor programming language, a popular dynamic web page scripting language, features the built-in SimpleXML extension, which simplifies reading and using XML in your PHP scripts. Read an RSS feed, XML office documents, or your own custom XML document. Here we use SimpleXML library, which is not only the best for converting string to XML object but is also built into PHP core so there is no need to install it. Once you have the URL of the XML feed that you are going to use, you need to have PHP load the contents of the feed into a string variable. Using file_get_contents, you could fetch the XML file like so: How to Read an XML File With PHP [php] <?php $xmlStr = file_get_contents('http://www.youdomain.com/feeds/news.xml'); $xmlObj = simplexml_load_string($xmlStr); $arrXml =…
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