Raj KBSuppose say, you want to debug variables in some observer method. You can either log each variable or simply dump it. But when you have many variables, debugging each variable can be an overhead task. For this purpose we can use PHP’s inbuilt function: get_defined_vars() How to use it? //put this line at the top …
Introduction You may want to filter the shipping method in one-page checkout for one of the following cases: Filter shipping method based on Customer Group Filter Shipping method based on Country, State, Zipcode, etc Filter Shipping method based on products etc. Unlike event: payment_method_is_active for payment method filtration, we don’t have similar event: shipping_method_is_active available …
When free shipping method is enabled, it is shown along with other available shipping methods unlike free payment method ‘Zero Subtotal Checkout’.There is no harm in showing other payment methods along with the free shipping method. Nevertheless, some merchants want to hide the rest of the methods when it is enabled. There are many ways …
Introduction Magento is a giant e-commerce application having more than 300 tables. It uses an EAV model concept and provides different complex features that make the database huge. Sometimes you may wonder what’s the database size of your Magento database or individual tables so that you can work on some optimization task or freeing some …
Introduction Q: How will you filter the payment method in one-page checkout based on some conditions? A: There are different ways to do so. Some of them are: By overriding template: app/design/frontend/[interface]/[theme]/template/checkout/onepage/payment/methods.phtml By overriding method: Mage_Checkout_Block_Onepage_Payment_Methods::_canUseMethod() By overriding method: Mage_Payment_Model_Method_Abstract::isAvailable() By overriding method: Mage_Checkout_Block_Onepage_Payment_Methods::getMethods() By observing event: payment_method_is_active and so on. Among the above methods …