How to get current currency in Magento
June 30, 2011
We know Magento support multiple currency. I have found the solution to check current currency in the Magento site frontend To get Current Currency <?php echo $currency_code = Mage::app()->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode(); ?> If you looking for current currency symbol use : <?php...
How to get product quantity : Magento
June 22, 2011
Sometimes we want to show remaining quantity of a product in our magento shop. Simple method to get product quantity is: <?php (int) Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($_product)->getQty(); ?> It can be helpful to show an alert message like below: <?php $product_qty=(int) Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($_product)->getQty(); if($product_qty<5)...
ERROR: failed to mkdir : Magento Problem
June 14, 2011
All the website developer (who works on Magento) know how to install the magento extension. We use magento downloader to install extension. But sometimes we receive the an error “ERROR: failed to mkdir”. Generally you get the problem after...
Can not login into admin in localhost : Magento Problem
June 13, 2011
this is the most common problem we face when we install the magento in localhost. This is because of session parameter. Really simple solution to commenting a single line. Below is the solution 1) go to root/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/ 2) Open the...
Apache does not start – Xampp Problem
June 12, 2011
This is the most common problem which we face. We try to start but every time we get a warning "Warning : Terminating worker thread 0" It is because Apache use port 80. So you need to check some program...
XAMPP Installation
June 10, 2011
Xampp is really useful application for PHP programmer. As you know, we need Apache server to run php programs. Most of the PHP programmer know their own experience that it is not easy to install Apache server. Xampp is really...
Where to start Website Development?
June 2, 2011
Really big question for beginner who want to learn website development. They go for learning PHP/MySQL, HTML, ASP, ASP.NET etc etc. The real fact is in this field we should have knowledge of Photoshop. I never said to become master, but my biggest concern is...