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For security reason we should change the admin path from the very obvious admin to something else. Like for example it can be backend or back or even abracadabra. Whatever you think will be secure can be set as admin path by the following steps – 1. Open file \app\etc\local.xml2. Look for the line 3.… Continue reading Magento – Changing Admin Path

If you want to fetch all the products under a certain category in Magento, use the below code – $catObj = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->load($catId);$prodObj = $catObj->getProductCollection()->getData(); Here $catId is the id of the category whose product you want to fetch. And $prodObj will return the array of products, each of whose values will be an array like… Continue reading Magento – Fetch All The Products Under A Certain Category

To fetch all the products in Magento you can use the below code – $prodobj = Mage::getResourceModel(‘catalog/product_collection’)->getData(); $prodobj is an array which will contain all the products, each as an array. The values returned for the products are – Array( [entity_id] => 1 [entity_type_id] => 4 [attribute_set_id] => 4 [type_id] => simple [sku] => product-a… Continue reading Magento – How To Get All the Products

In the last few Magento releases (I have personally faced the issue in versions 1.4.1.1 and 1.4.2.0) when trying to create a new product in the back end Magento returns an error and products are not created. The error message is Fatal error: Call to a member function deletePriceData() on a non-object in \app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Model\Product\Attribute\Backend\Tierprice.php on… Continue reading Magento Problem In Creating New Product

In Magento back end to properly submit a form, a value called formkey must be submitted with the form. Or else the form will never submit itself. The formkey can be submitted with a hidden field as below – $formKey = Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->getFormKey();

While generally we load a product in Magento by its id, it is also possible to load it by any of its attribute. To do that use the following code – $_p = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->loadByAttribute(‘attr_name’, $attrib); Just replace ‘attr_name’ with the name of the attribute and $attrib with the value and then Magento will fetch matching products.