Magento: Some important functions
Here I will show you some important functions/methods in Magento that will make your development easy.
Get the path of your magento page.
echo $this->getUrl(‘mypage’);Get the path of the image in your skin folder.
echo $this->getSkinUrl(‘images/yourimage.gif’);Get the product link.
echo $this->getProductData()->getProductUrl();Get the product name.
echo $this->htmlEscape($this->getProductData()->getName());Call a static block in .phtml file.
echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock(‘cms/block’)->setBlockId(‘YOURBLOCKID’)->toHtml();Get Image url of current category.
echo $this->getCurrentCategory()->getImageUrl();Check whether the current category is Top category.
echo $this->IsTopCategory();Get description of current category.
echo $this->getCurrentCategory()->getDescription();Display products list page (list.phtml).
echo $this->getProductListHtml();Display CMS block page.
echo $this->getCmsBlockHtml();Get current store id.
echo $storeId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId();Get current store name.
echo $storeName = Mage::app()->getStore()->getName();Get current store code.
echo $storeCode = Mage::app()->getStore()->getCode();Get website name.
echo $websiteName = Mage::app()->getWebsite()->getName();Get session id.
echo $sessionId = Mage::getModel(‘core/session’)->getSessionId();Get customer id.
echo $customerId = Mage::getModel(‘customer/session’)->getCustomerId();Get guest id.
echo $vistitorId = Mage::getModel(‘core/session’)->getVisitorId();