Category | Magento code

Magento adding downloadable product to cart by coding php

22 Sep 2011 | Posted by Ivan Prorskuryakov | 3 Comments.

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Probably you know it’s possible to add a product to the cart via querystring, but may be you prefer code a new module for your needs using Magento objects and methods. So adding a simple product is easy: ... $cart = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart'); // start adding the product try { $cart->addProduct($product, array('qty' => 1)); // save the cart $cart->save(); $result = null; } catch (Mage_Core_Exception $e) { $result = $e->getMessage(); } But how to add a Downloadable product with its right link? Just try this, it’s a controller I used...

Magento add Bestseller products by date range

22 Sep 2011 | Posted by Ivan Prorskuryakov | 0 Comment.

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Here is how to get a collection of products best sold in a given date range (could be daily, monthly, weekly, etc…) <ul> <?php $from = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", (time()-2592000)); $to = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", time()); $_productCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('reports/product_collection') ->addAttributeToSelect('*') ->addOrderedQty($from, $to, true) ->addAttributeToFilter('status', 1) ->setOrder('ordered_qty', 'desc') ->getSelect()->limit(10)->query(); foreach ( $_productCollection as $prod ) : $_product...

Magento problem with Paypal Express and new customer registration [Solved]

22 Sep 2011 | Posted by Ivan Prorskuryakov | 0 Comment.

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You know there is this problem with Magento 1.4.* and 1.5.*, if you are using Paypal Express as payment method and your customer is a new one, when she/he complete the order this is without account association (Customer Group 0 USER NOT LOGGED IN) and the new customer is not created. To solve this problem you have to install this useful extension: https://github.com/onestepcheckout/PaypalRegister Follow the README and finally you can get registered users with Paypal Express too.

Magento adding you own custom RSS Feeds

22 Sep 2011 | Posted by Ivan Prorskuryakov | 0 Comment.

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You know you will need, before or after, to add your own custom RSS feeds to your Magento. For example, I needed to create some custom RSS Feeds to list bestseller products by date (bestseller weekly, monthly, etc…) How to do it? It’s quite complex but not so much if you follow this mini tutorial: First of all, you need to setup a new namespace directory under your “local” dir, this will overwrite your current RSS Mage methods but not all. So, create your directory app/local/Simplicissimus/Rss. (change Simplicissimus with your own Namespace and change it everywhere) Create...

Magento Export products in custom XML [script]

22 Sep 2011 | Posted by Ivan Prorskuryakov | 1 Comment.

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If you have to export all or a part of your Magento products you can try this simple script which creates a products collection and writes a simple and custom XML file per product (but you can simply change it to write a single long XML file). Hope you enjoy it! <?php // Magento XML products exporter // Version 0.1 // by Michele Marcucci // http://www.michelem.org require_once 'app/Mage.php'; umask( 0 ); Mage::app( "default" ); Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID); $_magentoPath = "CHANGETHISTOYOURMAGENTOPATH ex: /var/virtual/magento" $_urlPath...