Yearly Archives: 2015

How to programmatically create a configurable Magento 2 product

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

If the simple and configurable products are not assigned together like in the folowing example, there is a reliable solution.

You can review on API functional test aimed at creating configurable product. You code should have the following look:

It is also necessary to mention that the API does not generate simple product, so there is the need to create in advance.

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Adding a custom block to specific product type view pages in Magento 2

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

To add a custom block to specific product type view pages, use product type dependent layout updates catalog_product_view_type_{prodyct_type}.xml (catalog_product_view_type_ grouped.xml). For instance:

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How Can I move a search bar in Navigation div in Magento 2 via XML?

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

You can put a search box after the navigation block and use css to make display it in one line, since html/topmenu.phtml block doesn’t print its child’s

Alternatively, you can overwrite html/topmenu.phtml to

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How to Generate constructors in Magento 2

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

Because of Dependency Injection pattern Magento 2 have huge constructors for every class. World best PHP IDE PHP Storm can help you generate constructors and save lots of time in Magento 2 development.

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How to get a base url in Magento 2

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Development

To get a URL from your Magento root directory, use getUrl. Since it inherits from the AbstractBlock class (Magento\Framework\View\Element\AbstractBlock), you are able to use it with any of your blocks. Check the below example:

The first parameter is the path you need, while the second one sets the _secure option if the user is browsing over https. You can add to the path by concatenating a specific filename onto the getUrl call or you could add it to the first parameter as well. Please note that the path is relative to the root directory of your Magento install.

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