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The Problem: You need a custom Model to interact with a database. The Solution: By now you’ve read all the previous posts, right, and you want to take your custom module to the next level. You not only have business logic to perform, but you need to read and write data to a custom database table. [...]
The Problem: You want to expand upon or change some functionality within Magento. The Solution: Extend a Model! I’m going to use a real world example here because I believe that examples are the best tools for teaching. I was faced with a request for additional functionality in regards to the Authorize.net payment method. Basically, [...]
The Problem: I need to write Part III of the Magento series. The Solutions: This article… TADA! First, let’s talk about the controller. The default controller for a module is always named IndexController.php. If you haven’t requested a specific controller (in the URL), than the system is going to look for IndexController.php and load it. [...]
The Problem: You need to work with Magento Models, how chic! The Solution: Well, let’s be honest… I don’t have THE solution, but I do have some useful snippets of information to pass along. Models are the meat of an MVC application. They contain the definitions for your application’s components. Stop for a moment and [...]
This article was written while using Magento v1.3.2.3. Greetings! This is installment number one of the the exiting Magento Custom Module series. There’s basically two paths to the end of the fairytale: Path 1: You follow this series and get down and dirty with Magento, learning a lot along the way. Path 2: You go [...]
