Magento Code Snippets

Get all the product attributes which are searchable

select a.attribute_code from eav_attribute a inner join catalog_eav_attribute b on a.attribute_id = b.attribute_id where b.is_searchable = 1;

Get product type from product SKU or ID

$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($product_id);

//$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('sku',$product_sku);

$productType = $product->getTypeId(); //gives simple, configurable, bundled, grouped, etc..

Check whether request is coming from frontend or backend

	if(Mage::app()->getStore()->isAdmin() && Mage::getDesign()->getArea() == 'adminhtml'){
	//request is from backend/admin
	} else {
	//request is NOT from backend/admin
	}

Check if there are any items in cart or not

$totalItemsInCart = Mage::helper('checkout/cart')->getItemsCount();

Check if Module is installed or not

$moduleExists = Mage::getConfig()->getNode('modules/Namespace_Module'); //returns YES or NO

Get current package and frontend theme name

	$currentPackage = Mage::getSingleton('core/design_package')->getPackageName();
	$currentTheme = Mage::getSingleton('core/design_package')->getTheme('frontend');

Get store contact telephone

$storePhone = Mage::getStoreConfig('general/store_information/phone');

Get store timezone

$storeTimezone = Mage::getStoreConfig('general/locale/timezone');

Get the title of CMS static block

	$block = Mage::getModel('cms/block')->load($blockID);
	echo $block->getTitle();

Get all the children of a block in PHTML

	$children = $this->getChild();
	Mage::log($children->getData());

Check if this is category page or product page

	$req = Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getRequest()->getControllerName();
	if($req == 'category') {
	$cat = Mage::registry('current_category');
	} elseif($req == 'product') {
	$prod = Mage::registry('current_product');
	}

Get first and/or last item from collection

	$firstItem = $collection->getFirstItem(); Mage::log($firstItem->getData());
	$lastItem = $collection->getLastItem(); Mage::log($lastItem->getData());

Check if there are any cross-sell products attached to a product

	$crosssell = $product->getCrossSellProducts();
	if(count($crosssell)) {
	//product have cross-sell products...
	}

Get all active payment methods

$activePayMethods = Mage::getModel('payment/config')->getActiveMethods();

Get all active shipping carriers

$activeCarriers = Mage::getSingleton('shipping/config')->getActiveCarriers();

Error: Index process is working now. Please try run this process later
This error generally comes when Magento was re-indexing one of the indexes and it failed in between. The solution is to remove the relevant index lock at: magento/var/locks/index_process*.lock

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