I recently needed to create a datetime product attribute programatically in Magento 2. When looking for it on the Internet, all the information I found was outdated. It’s really easy to do so. Use this for the attribute creation and it will be displayed as datetime in the backoffice right Read more…
I’ve been looking for a solution that works fine in Magento 2.3 to move billing address to shipping step in Magento 2.3. There aren’t many available solution online but I’ve found one that works fine with a couple of modifications. Pull request haven’t been accepted in the original repo, but Read more…
The error: Is related to a product which doesn’t have a SKU. This might cause different issues: Indexation problems » URL Rewrites not created Product Grid sorting issues: can’t sort by sku The solution should be easy. Go to your database and check which products don’t have an SKU: Once Read more…
One of the trickiest errors I’ve found when Migrating Magento 1 to Magento 2 (2.3) has been an issue related to unserialization. There are 2 types of messages I received: Reason: in both cases, the reason is that some data that was stored serialized in the Magento 1 database, had Read more…
Noting down the errors and possible solutions I get while migrating data from Magento 1 to Magento 2. In the data integrity step we can find many type of errors. Here you have some of them, explanation and solution: Error Foreign key (FK_CATALOG_EAV_ATTRIBUTE_ATTRIBUTE_ID_EAV_ATTRIBUTE_ATTRIBUTE_ID) constraint fails on source database. Orphan records Read more…
Recently I had to modify the customer registration form from one of the websites I manage. VAT ID had to be included but only for professional customers. This meant that when a customer clicked on the «I’m a professional» field, new fields should show up and, the most important, the Read more…
Cleaning the cache by TAG is quite easy in Magento 2. You will need to: Inject the classes in your construct function Know the exact tags you want to cache Flush the actual Cache Start creating your class injecting the classes we need: Create a function to retrieve the tags Read more…
Creating a new category attribute should be easy in Magento 2. It is, more or less. Follow these steps and you will get to it: Files you will need to create A quick screenshot of how your module will look once you create it: YourCompany/YourModule/registration.php YourCompany/YourModule/etc/module.xml YourCompany/YourModule/Setup/InstallData.php YourCompany/YourModule/view/adminhtml/ui_component/category_form.xml This code Read more…
Magento 2 includes many default modules that you probably won’t ever use. This is my proposed list and you can disable it directly using the following command: Magento_*Analytics Requires a subscription Magento_Marketplace If you’re a developer installing modules via composer, this is not necessary Magento_AuthorizeMagento_Braintree Not necessary if you don’t Read more…
If you use Redsys (payment platform used by Spanish banking like CaixaBank, Banco Santander, Banco Sabadell and many others), you may want to have different test cards for your test platform. I want to share with you the ones provided by the official documentation: Type PAN 3DSecure v.2 3DSMethod Authorization Read more…