What is Magento ?

1.  Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP.
2. It uses multiple other PHP frameworks such as Laminas and Symfony.
3. Magento source code is distributed under Open Software License v3.0.
4. Magento was acquired by Adobe Inc in May 2018 for $1.68 Billion USD.

Stable release: 2.3.5-p1 / 2020-04-28

Initial release date: 31 March 2008

Written in: PHP

Developer(s): Magento, Inc

License: OSL v3, AFL v3

How do I find my Magento Theme name?

Look at the HTML source in your browser ("View Source") and search for skin/frontend, which is followed by PACKAGE/THEME, where PACKAGE is usually the name of the theme and THEME is usually default or contains site-specific changes.

Which version of Magento is best?

 Magneto 2 runs approximately 20% faster than Magento 1, which can lead to improved SEO and increased sales. All of the content from a static page can be cached, thus increasing site performance and drastically reducing the server load. This makes the Magento 2 platform more scalable for large eCommerce stores.

Magento 1.9 Import products issue

Question:

I am trying to import some products, Magento performs everything right, but when I look at the catalog, there is no imported product     

    Starting profile execution, please wait...

         Warning: Please do not close the window during importing/exporting data
         Starting Mage_Dataflow_Model_Convert_Parser_Csv :: parse
         Found 453 rows.
         Starting catalog/convert_adapter_product :: parse
        Processed 100% 453/453 records
        Imported 453 records
         Please wait while the indexes are being refreshed.
         Finished profile execution.

The message below shows that it was 100% successful, but there is no product.

One Possible Solution:

It seems a Re-index issue.

Please run the following commands

    php bin/magento indexer:reindex

    php bin/magento cache:flush

Magento 1 : Hide other shipping methods when free shipping is available

To prevent other shipping options to display when Free Shipping is available, add the following code to your template:



Open :
/app/design/frontend/[Your_package]/[Your_theme]/template/checkout/onepage/shipping_method/available.phtml

<?php
if ( array_key_exists('freeshipping', $_shippingRateGroups )) {
unset($_shippingRateGroups["flatrateperproduct"]);
}
?>

Then ,  flatrateperproduct Method will be remove from the shipping method.

How to add Buy Now At Product Page in Magento - 1 version ?

If you want both Add to Cart and Buy now, add the buy now button to addtoCart.phtml

Go to
/app/design/frontend/[package name]/[themename]/template/ajaxcart/catalog/product/view/addtoCart.phtml

<button type="button" 

        title="<?php echo $buttonTitle ?>"

        class="button btn-cart" 

        onclick="productBuyNowForm.submit(this)">

    <span><span>Buynow</span></span>

</button>

On that buttons onlick event, a custom VarienForm is used, productBuyNowForm.submit(this), which will submit this form and redirect to checkout onepage.

To define this custom form, add the following JavaScript code at view.phtml

Go to
/app/design/frontend/[package name]/[theme name]/template/catalog/product/view.phtml

<script>

var productBuyNowForm = new VarienForm('product_addtocart_form');

productBuyNowForm.submit = function (button, url) {

    if (this.validator.validate()) {

        var form = this.form;

        var oldUrl = form.action;

        alert(form.action);

        if (url) {

            form.action = url;

        }

        /* add return Url */

        var inputreturn= document.createElement("input");

        inputreturn.type = "hidden";

        inputreturn.name = "return_url";

        inputreturn.value = "<?php echo Mage::getUrl('checkout/onepage')?>";

        document.getElementById('product_addtocart_form').appendChild(inputreturn);

        /* add return Url */

        // Append a line break 

        var e = null;

        try {

            this.form.submit();

        } catch (e) {

        }

        this.form.action = oldUrl;

        if (e) {

            throw e;

        }

        if (button && button != 'undefined') {

            button.disabled = true;

        }

    }

}.bind(productBuyNowForm);

</script>

How to add custom attribute for category

Follow bellow steps

Step : 1 app\etc\modules\TEJA_Dbchange.xml

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <config>
        <modules>
            <TEJA_Dbchange>
                <active>true</active>
                <codePool>local</codePool>
            </TEJA_Dbchange>
        </modules>
    </config>

Step : 2 app\code\local\TEJA\Dbchange\etc\config.xml

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <config>
        <modules>
            <TEJA_Dbchange>
                <version>0.1.0</version>
            </TEJA_Dbchange>
        </modules>
        <global>
            <resources>
                <teja_dbchange_setup>
                  <setup>
                       <module>TEJA_Dbchange</module>
                       <class>Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Mysql4_Setup</class>
                  </setup>
              </teja_dbchange_setup>
            </resources>
        </global>
    </config>

Step : 3 app\code\local\TEJA\Dbchange\sql\teja_dbchange_setup\mysql4-install-0.1.0.php

    <?php
 
    $installer = $this;
    $installer->startSetup();
       
    $attribute  = array(
        'group'                     => 'General',
            'input'                     => 'select',
            'type'                      => 'int',
            'label'                     => 'Testing',
            'source'                    => 'eav/entity_attribute_source_boolean',
            'global'                    => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,
            'visible'                   => 1,
            'required'                  => 0,
            'visible_on_front'          => 0,
            'is_html_allowed_on_front'  => 0,
            'is_configurable'           => 0,
            'searchable'                => 0,
            'filterable'                => 0,
            'comparable'                => 0,
            'unique'                    => false,
            'user_defined'              => false,
            'default'           => '0',
            'is_user_defined'           => false,
            'used_in_product_listing'   => true
    );
    $installer->addAttribute('catalog_category', 'testing', $attribute);
    $installer->endSetup();
 
    ?>

Step : 4 After refresh all magento cache by going System -> Cache Management
Step : 5 Logout  and login again.

What is the difference between convention and configuration?

1. Configuration - would have been manually mapping controllers to use specific views, almost like a code behind scenario.
2. Convention - A Controller method named Index most likely wants to use a View called the same, so the framework goes and looks for that.

Difference among Order Invoice, Cancel, Void, Hold and Ship in Magento

Pending. - Placing new order. it is default status is pending

Processing - You are raise a invoice from Magento admin status is change to

On Hold - This status can only be assigned manually. You can put any order on hold.

Cancelled - This status is assigned manually by you or, on some payment gateways, when customer does not pay within the specified time.

Complete - This status means that order is crated, paid and shipped to customer.

Closed - Closed orders are orders that have had a credit memo assigned to it and the customer has been refunded for their order.

Pending Payment - This is the status used if order is created and PayPal or similar payment method is used. This means that customer has been sent to payment gateway website but no return information has been received yet. This status will change when customer pays. Some gateways do cancel abandoned orders automatically after some 'idle' time. If order had this status for a long time, you should cancel it manually to free product stock.

How to access localhost website from another computer on the same network?

To access the localhost websites from another computers in a same network, need to follow these steps :

1. Set up a virtual host
2. Configure your hosts file

Set up a virtual host: 

You first need to set up a virtual host in your apache httpd-vhosts.conf file. On XAMP, you can find this file here: C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf This step prepares the Web server on your computer for handling symfony.local requests. You need to provide the name of the Virtual Host as well as the root/main folder of your website. To do this, add the following line at the end of that file. You need to change the DocumentRoot to wherever your main folder is. Here I have taken /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Symfony/ as the root of my website.

<VirtualHost *:80>

    DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/Symfony/"
    ServerName symfony.local
</VirtualHost>

Configure your hosts file:

For the browser understand what symfony.local really means,

you need to edit the hosts file on your computer.

(if you're using WINDOWS 7, this file is in

 \Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts).

##
# Host Database
# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
##
#...
127.0.0.1           symfony.local

Thats it. Now the configuration is completed.
Note: you should replace the above ip address with your system ip address.
Finally, you have to change the base secure and unsecure urls in
database at
core_config_data table.
Then your url will be change from http:localhost/project
to
http://127.0.0.1/project.

Warning: a form on this page has more than 1000 fields PHP MySql

After reaching so many entries PhpMyAdmin started showing this warning:

Warning: a form on this page has more than 1000 fields. On submission, some of the fields might be ignored, due to PHP's max_input_vars configuration.

Solution:

For this, I have added the following lines at the bottom of php.ini file.

max_input_vars = 5000

suhosin.request.max_vars = 5000

suhosin.post.max_vars = 5000

Magento Vs Open cart

Magento Vs. Opencart – The similarities

Generally, Magento and OpenCart actually have a lot in common.

 1. They are both open source platforms that are ultimately designed to facilitate eCommerce activity.
 2. Both are developed in PHP and use templates to upload products, so they can be maintained by non-programmers.
 3. They are also rich in resources such as extensions, add-on products and plugins that can easily be added to them to support new functions.
 4. One of the greatest advantages that both Magento and Open Cart users enjoy is their ability to support multiple languages and currencies, making them a global solution that can suit businesses all around the world.

Some Market Share Figures

In terms of Market share,

 1. Magento is definitely bigger, with about 30% of top eCommerce websites being built on Magento, making it the largest eCommerce platform in the world.
 2. Open cart may be a lot smaller and newer on the market, but that doesn’t mean it falls in quality.
 3. Magento is the most popular open source e-commerce platform among sites ranking in the top 1,000,000 such websites in the world.
 4. Only when counting all open source e-commerce websites in the entire Internet does Magento fall to second behind Open Cart.

Hosting Plans and Options

 1. Open cart in this case will be cheaper to host thanks to its light weight, and will tend to work better for small to medium size stores.
 2. Magento performs better in hosting medium to large sized business websites.

Usage and Features

Magento :

• Magento has been gaining world wide recognition for its ability to do just about anything you like and build the store of your dreams.
• It offers highly customizable shopping experiences, unlimited design options, powerful SEO resources and unlimited plugins and integrations.
• Every feature you can think of was probably built already and is available on MagentoCommerce. If its not on there, then surely a talented and certified Magento developer can create that solution for you.
• With it’s flexibility comes also its complexity, which probably isn’t a problem if you’re a Magento developer and know what you’re doing. If you’re not a Magento developer or if you don’t know PHP, you’ll probably find Magento a bit too complex, especially when it comes to taking advantage of its flexibility and custom features.

OpenCart :

• OpenCart on the other hand is a lot easier to program, but has a smaller community basis.
• Its great for start-ups that need to deliver quickly without many integrations.
•  It provides a powerful shopping cart and some great tools which are far more intuitive and straight forward, so much so that some professional developers may find it a bit too simplistic, with not enough features to play with. It’s a bit like comparing between WordPress and Wix, or Microsoft Office Picture Manager and Adobe Photoshop.

Community Support

Both Magento and OpenCart have well-established developer communities that offer support and advice by demand, but obviously the Magento community is far more robust. Magento also certifies and recommends developers to grant them with credibility, which makes it easy to filter the advice you receive and know who you should listen to. We expect that overtime, as Opencart continues to grow, more tutorials and resources will become available, and the number of users that can provide online support will increase.

Conclusion

 1. Magento is great for larger stores with larger budgets. Its got scale-ability to support the growth of your business for years to come, and support any need you may have in the future.
 2. Open cart is more suitable if you’re trying to build your store independently because its more intuitive, and its (almost) free to use, but take into consideration that one day, your business may grow out of it. Whichever your choose- we wish you luck with your new business!