How to get total items in cart in Magento

Here is a simple code to get the total products/items in cart in Magento. The below code is return only total products/items count,  did not return total quantity of different products/items. For example - ProductA has 5 quantity in cart and ProductB has 2 quantity in cart then below code return 2 counts because there are total 2 products/items added in cart.

<?php  

$_cartTotalItems = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart')->getItemsCount(); 

echo $_cartTotalItems;

?>

How to display products of particular category on Home Page in Magento

If you want to display products of the category on your home page, so first need the category ID. You can easily find category ID from 

Magento Admin Panel -> Catalog -> Manage Categories 

On the Categories page you click on the particular category from the menu on the left and the Category ID will be displayed at the top of the screen(right side). Copy this ID. For example, in the screen above the default category ID is 2.

Now, open the CMS -> Pages. Here, you see all pages list.

Open Home Page and click on Content tab (Left Side).

Paste the following code in text editor: 

{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="2" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}

You can change the "category_id" according to your requirement.

Now you can save your page and all products of the category will be displayed on your home page.

In case the changes are not displayed on your home page you should clear your Magento Cache from your Admin Panel  

System -> Cache Management 

section.

Now, your products are displaying on Home page. 

How to get category name by category id in Magento

Display category name by category id in Magento.

<?php
     
        $categoryId = 5;      //  Change category id according to you

  // display name and other detail of all category       

  $_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($categoryId);

// category name 

echo $categoryName = $_category->getName();
 

// category description 

echo $categoryDescription = $_category->getDescription();

 

// category url 

echo $categoryUrl = $_category->getUrl();

   

// category thumbnail 

echo $categoryThumbnail = $_category->getThumbnail();

 

// category level 

echo $categoryLevel = $_category->getLevel();

 

// parent category

echo $parentCategoryId = $_category->getParentId();

?>

How to Enable Template/Block Hints in Admin Panel in Magento

If you want to display template path hints in Magento Admin, there is no any setting for display template path hints in Magento Admin. 

But you can do manually in database.

So, Just run this query in Database:

INSERT INTO core_config_data (scope, scope_id, path, value)
VALUES ('default', 0, 'dev/debug/template_hints', 1),
('default', 0, 'dev/debug/template_hints_blocks', 1);

To disable them again, run this query: 

UPDATE core_config_data set value = 0 where scope = 'default' and scope_id = 0 and path ='dev/debug/template_hints';

UPDATE core_config_data set value = 0 where scope = 'default' and scope_id = 0 and path ='dev/debug/template_hints_blocks';

To enable again run this query:

UPDATE core_config_data set value = 1 where scope = 'default' and scope_id = 0 and path ='dev/debug/template_hints';

UPDATE core_config_data set value = 1 where scope = 'default' and scope_id = 0 and path ='dev/debug/template_hints_blocks';

Here is a screenshot of the Cache Management page with hints turned on:

How to add Scroll To Top button in Magento

Scroll To Top button in Magento

Open your header.phtml file and write below code:

<a href="#" class="scrollToTop">Scroll To Top</a>

<script type="text/javascript">

jQuery(document).ready(function($){
//Check to see if the window is top if not then display button
$(window).scroll(function()

              {
if ($(this).scrollTop() > 100) {
$('.scrollToTop').fadeIn();
}

              else 

               {
$('.scrollToTop').fadeOut();
}
});
//Click event to scroll to top

$('.scrollToTop').click(function() 

              {
$('html, body').animate({scrollTop : 0},800);
return false;
});
});
</script>

Add style code in styles.css file. 

<style>
.scrollToTop{
width:100px;
height:100px;
padding:10px;
text-align:center;
font-weight: bold;
color: #444;
text-decoration: none;
position:fixed;
top:75px;
right:40px;
display:none;
background: url('images/arrow_up.png') no-repeat 0px 20px;
}
.scrollToTop:hover{
text-decoration:none;
}
</style>

Note: Please Download image and upload in image folder. 

How to get Data from post method in Magento

You want to get Data from post method in Magento.

Use following code:

<?php

$arrParams = Mage::app()->getRequest()->getPost();

?>

 

 

How to get logged in customer's details by customer's id in Magento

If you want to display customer's details by customer's id in Magento. 

You can use following code:

<?php

  // Check if any customer is logged in or not
if (Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn())
{

// Load the customer's data
$customer = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer();

$id =$customer->getId(); // To get Customer Id

//Get Details Using Customer Id
$customer = Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->load($id)->getData();

                $customer->getName();                  

               $customer->getEmail();

}
?>

How to get logged in customer's details in Magento

If you want to get logged in customer's details in Magento. 

You can use following code:

<?php

  // Check if any customer is logged in or not
if (Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn())
{

// Load the customer's data
$customer = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->getCustomer();

$customer->getPrefix();
$customer->getName();                    // Full Name
$customer->getFirstname();            // First Name
$customer->getMiddlename();       // Middle Name
$customer->getLastname();           // Last Name
$customer->getSuffix();

// All other customer data
$customer->getWebsiteId();
$customer->getEntityId();
$customer->getEntityTypeId();
$customer->getAttributeSetId();
$customer->getEmail();
$customer->getGroupId();
$customer->getStoreId();
$customer->getCreatedAt();
$customer->getUpdatedAt();
$customer->getIsActive();
$customer->getDisableAutoGroupChange();
$customer->getTaxvat();
$customer->getPasswordHash();
$customer->getCreatedIn();
$customer->getGender();
$customer->getDefaultBilling();
$customer->getDefaultShipping();
$customer->getDob();
$customer->getTaxClassId();
}
?>

How to get customer name, customer email on order success page in Magento

If you want to display customer name and email on order success page in Magento. 

So use following code on success.phtml page 

(/public_html/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/checkout/success.phtml)

<?php

 $order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($this->getOrderId());

      echo $order->getCustomerName();

      echo $order->getCustomerEmail();

?>

How to get custom attribute value in Magento

Display custom attribute value in Magento

When we get custom attribute value in Magento through simple way like:

<?php 

echo $_product->getAttributeText('custom_attribute_code');

?>

Then we will get a fatal error (as following) , if the custom attribute is not already added. 

" Fatal error: Call to a member function getSource() on a non-object in ...\app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Model\Product.php on line 1388"

So we will use following code for get custom attribute value in Magento.

The following code will first check that the custom attribute are added or not in admin. If custom attribute are added then get its value.

<?php 

$attribute = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute('custom_attribute_code');

         if ($attribute)

          {

               echo $attribute_value = $attribute ->getFrontend()->getValue($_product);

          }

?>