This article shows how to get / filter products based on it’s attribute id, or the attribute’s options id. Get all products by a single attribute option id Suppose, we have an attribute named ‘manufacturer’. Let’s say, this attribute has options like Samsung, Apple, Nokia, HTC, etc. Each option has certain ID. Suppose, we want … Read more
This beginner step-by-step tutorial shows how you can create a simple and basic HelloWorld module / extension in Magento 2. The necessary files are listed with the code. This module just calls a block function in template file to print Hello World text. GitHub Repository of the Module: https://github.com/chapagain/simple-helloworld-magento2 Things to note: In Magento 2, … Read more
This article shows how you can filter child products associated with a configurable product by the child product’s attribute value. Suppose, we have a configurable product with two attributes (‘size‘ and ‘color‘) and we want to select only those child products with certain size and/or certain color. Let’s say, we want to select only those … Read more
This article shows how we can check if a module is installed / enabled or active in Magento 2. Both Dependency Injection and Object Manager ways are shown below. Using Dependency Injection (DI) Below is a block class of my custom module (Chapagain_HelloWorld). I have injected object of \Magento\Framework\Module\Manager class in the constructor of my … Read more
In Magento 1.x, you could call/print any module’s template block in any other template (phtml) file with the following code: echo $this->getLayout() ->createBlock('newmodule/newblock') ->setTemplate('newmodule/newblock.phtml') ->toHtml(); In Magento 2.x, it’s slightly different. Below is the code to call/print a custom template block in another template file in Magento 2. Suppose, you want to call a template … Read more
In Magento 1.x, you could call/print the CMS Static Block in template file with the following code: echo $this->getLayout() ->createBlock('cms/block') ->setBlockId('your_block_identifier') ->toHTML(); In Magento 2.x, it’s quite similar. Below are the sample codes to show/call template (.phtml) files in Magento 2. Call CMS Static Block in any template (.phtml) file echo $this->getLayout() ->createBlock('Magento\Cms\Block\Block') ->setBlockId('your_block_identifier') ->toHtml(); … Read more
To display/show product price including tax amount, you need to do some configuration settings. 1. Create Tax Rule You need to create tax rules (Sales -> Tax -> Manage Tax Rules). For this, you can refer to different tutorials available over the internet on creating Tax rules. 2. Assign Tax Rule to Product Then, you … Read more
This article shows how to use AJAX on Magento with Prototype Javascript Library. Scenario I had one scenario where I had to check whether a customer is already registered or not via AJAX. – User will enter his/her email address in a text box and press the ‘Continue’ button. – After that, I need to … Read more
This article shows how we can get parent category, children categories and total number of products in a category in Magento 2. Below is a block class of my custom module (Chapagain_HelloWorld). I have injected object of \Magento\Catalog\Model\CategoryFactory class in the constructor of my module’s block class. Objects of class \Magento\Catalog\Helper\Category and \Magento\Catalog\Model\CategoryRepository as also … Read more