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Create Magento categories tree programmatically

by Igor Kuzyk on July 5, 2015

Data entry in Magento is a quite time consuming operation. Especially if you have a lot of environments and want to keep them all up to date. In this article we’ll create Magento categories tree programmatically with ability to update them without re-installing database.

First add a mysql upgrade script in your custom module:

<?php
$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();

// code will be here

$installer->endSetup();

<?php

$installer = $this;

$installer->startSetup();

// code will be here

$installer->endSetup();

Then form an array with your categories and sub-categories. Pay attention – Top Category Two has a child with a same name and slug as Top Category One:

$categories = array(
    array(
        'name' => 'Top Category One',
        'slug' => 'top-category-one',
        'children' => array(
            array(
                'name' => 'Child Category One',
                'slug' => 'child-category-one',
                'children' => array(
                    array(
                        'name' => 'Child Sub Category One',
                        'slug' => 'child-sub-category-one',
                    ),
                    array(
                        'name' => 'Child Sub Category Two',
                        'slug' => 'child-sub-category-two',
                    ),
                ),
            ),
            array(
                'name' => 'Child Category Two',
                'slug' => 'child-category-two',
            ),
        ),
    ),
    array(
        'name' => 'Top Category Two',
        'slug' => 'top-category-two',
        'children' => array(
            array(
                'name' => 'Child Category One',
                'slug' => 'child-category-one',
            ),
        ),
    ),
);

$categories = array(

array(

'name' => 'Top Category One',

'slug' => 'top-category-one',

'children' => array(

array(

'name' => 'Child Category One',

'slug' => 'child-category-one',

'children' => array(

array(

'name' => 'Child Sub Category One',

'slug' => 'child-sub-category-one',

array(

'name' => 'Child Sub Category Two',

'slug' => 'child-sub-category-two',

array(

'name' => 'Child Category Two',

'slug' => 'child-category-two',

array(

'name' => 'Top Category Two',

'slug' => 'top-category-two',

'children' => array(

array(

'name' => 'Child Category One',

'slug' => 'child-category-one',

);

Next let’s write a function which will create/update the categories:

function saveCategory($parentCategory, $data)
{
    $updateMode = false;
    $categoriesCheck = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')
        ->getCollection()
        ->addAttributeToFilter('parent_id', $parentCategory->getId())
        ->addAttributeToFilter('name', $data['name'])
        ->getFirstItem();

    if ($categoryId = $categoriesCheck->getId()) {
        $updateMode = true;
        $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($categoryId);
    } else {
        $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(null);
    }

    if (!$updateMode) {
        $category->setPath($parentCategory->getPath());
    }
    $category->setName($data['name']);
    $category->setDisplayMode('PRODUCTS_AND_PAGE');
    $category->setIsAnchor(1);
    $category->setIsActive(1);
    $category->setIncludeInMenu(1);
    $category->setUrlKey($data['slug']);
    $category->setPageLayout('one_column');
    try {
        $category->save();
    } catch (Exception $e){
        Mage::logException($e);
    }

    if (isset($data['children'])) {
        foreach ($data['children'] as $subCat) {
            saveCategory($category, $subCat);
        }
    }

    unset($category);
}

function saveCategory($parentCategory, $data)

{

$updateMode = false;

$categoriesCheck = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')

->getCollection()

->addAttributeToFilter('parent_id', $parentCategory->getId())

->addAttributeToFilter('name', $data['name'])

->getFirstItem();

if ($categoryId = $categoriesCheck->getId()) {

$updateMode = true;

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

} else {

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

}

if (!$updateMode) {

$category->setPath($parentCategory->getPath());

}

$category->setName($data['name']);

$category->setDisplayMode('PRODUCTS_AND_PAGE');

$category->setIsAnchor(1);

$category->setIsActive(1);

$category->setIncludeInMenu(1);

$category->setUrlKey($data['slug']);

$category->setPageLayout('one_column');

try {

$category->save();

} catch (Exception $e){

Mage::logException($e);

}

if (isset($data['children'])) {

foreach ($data['children'] as $subCat) {

saveCategory($category, $subCat);

}

unset($category);

}

This function automatically pick up all children categories and run itself to create them recursively. At the beginning of the function we check if desired category already exists in scope of current parent category. If it does – update category with new values, if not – create a new one.

Hint: if you need to make a slight changes in your category tree – just delete a row (or lower the version) in core_resource table to run script again.

And last but not least add logic to walk through the categories array:

$currentStoreId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId();
$currentUpdateMode = Mage::app()->getUpdateMode();
Mage::app()->setUpdateMode(false);
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

$store = Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::DISTRO_STORE_ID);
$rootCategoryId = $store->getRootCategoryId();
$rootCategory = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($rootCategoryId);

// Define categories array here

if (!empty($rootCategory)) {
    foreach ($categories as $cat) {
        saveCategory($rootCategory, $cat);
    }
}

// put function saveCategory() here

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($currentStoreId);
Mage::app()->setUpdateMode($currentUpdateMode);

$currentStoreId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId();

$currentUpdateMode = Mage::app()->getUpdateMode();

Mage::app()->setUpdateMode(false);

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

$store = Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::DISTRO_STORE_ID);

$rootCategoryId = $store->getRootCategoryId();

$rootCategory = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($rootCategoryId);

// Define categories array here

if (!empty($rootCategory)) {

foreach ($categories as $cat) {

saveCategory($rootCategory, $cat);

}

// put function saveCategory() here

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($currentStoreId);

Mage::app()->setUpdateMode($currentUpdateMode);

Make sure you set current store to Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID and update mode to false to avoid any errors. Then retrieve root category data and setup new categories under root. And finally return Magento to current store and set update mode back to finish upgrade.

For your convenience here is the full upgrade file listing:

<?php
$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();

/* Define categories array */
$categories = array(
    array(
        'name' => 'Top Category One',
        'slug' => 'top-category-one',
        'children' => array(
            array(
                'name' => 'Child Category One',
                'slug' => 'child-category-one',
                'children' => array(
                    array(
                        'name' => 'Child Sub Category One',
                        'slug' => 'child-sub-category-one',
                    ),
                    array(
                        'name' => 'Child Sub Category Two',
                        'slug' => 'child-sub-category-two',
                    ),
                ),
            ),
            array(
                'name' => 'Child Category Two',
                'slug' => 'child-category-two',
            ),
        ),
    ),
    array(
        'name' => 'Top Category Two',
        'slug' => 'top-category-two',
        'children' => array(
            array(
                'name' => 'Child Category One',
                'slug' => 'child-category-one',
            ),
        ),
    ),
);

/* Perform necessary Magento mode settings */
$currentStoreId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId();
$currentUpdateMode = Mage::app()->getUpdateMode();
Mage::app()->setUpdateMode(false);
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

/* Retrieve root category */
$store = Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::DISTRO_STORE_ID);
$rootCategoryId = $store->getRootCategoryId();
$rootCategory = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($rootCategoryId);

/* Run category creation */
if (!empty($rootCategory)) {
    foreach ($categories as $cat) {
        saveCategory($rootCategory, $cat);
    }
}

/* Function to save categories */
function saveCategory($parentCategory, $data)
{
    $updateMode = false;
    $categoriesCheck = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')
        ->getCollection()
        ->addAttributeToFilter('parent_id', $parentCategory->getId())
        ->addAttributeToFilter('name', $data['name'])
        ->getFirstItem();

    if ($categoryId = $categoriesCheck->getId()) {
        $updateMode = true;
        $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($categoryId);
    } else {
        $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(null);
    }

    if (!$updateMode) {
        $category->setPath($parentCategory->getPath());
    }
    $category->setName($data['name']);
    $category->setDisplayMode('PRODUCTS_AND_PAGE');
    $category->setIsAnchor(1);
    $category->setIsActive(1);
    $category->setIncludeInMenu(1);
    $category->setUrlKey($data['slug']);
    $category->setPageLayout('one_column');
    try {
        $category->save();
    } catch (Exception $e){
        Mage::logException($e);
    }

    if (isset($data['children'])) {
        foreach ($data['children'] as $subCat) {
            saveCategory($category, $subCat);
        }
    }

    unset($category);
}

/* Change back Magento settings  */
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($currentStoreId);
Mage::app()->setUpdateMode($currentUpdateMode);

$installer->endSetup();

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<?php

$installer = $this;

$installer->startSetup();

/* Define categories array */

$categories = array(

array(

'name' => 'Top Category One',

'slug' => 'top-category-one',

'children' => array(

array(

'name' => 'Child Category One',

'slug' => 'child-category-one',

'children' => array(

array(

'name' => 'Child Sub Category One',

'slug' => 'child-sub-category-one',

array(

'name' => 'Child Sub Category Two',

'slug' => 'child-sub-category-two',

array(

'name' => 'Child Category Two',

'slug' => 'child-category-two',

array(

'name' => 'Top Category Two',

'slug' => 'top-category-two',

'children' => array(

array(

'name' => 'Child Category One',

'slug' => 'child-category-one',

);

/* Perform necessary Magento mode settings */

$currentStoreId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId();

$currentUpdateMode = Mage::app()->getUpdateMode();

Mage::app()->setUpdateMode(false);

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

/* Retrieve root category */

$store = Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::DISTRO_STORE_ID);

$rootCategoryId = $store->getRootCategoryId();

$rootCategory = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($rootCategoryId);

/* Run category creation */

if (!empty($rootCategory)) {

foreach ($categories as $cat) {

saveCategory($rootCategory, $cat);

}

/* Function to save categories */

function saveCategory($parentCategory, $data)

{

$updateMode = false;

$categoriesCheck = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')

->getCollection()

->addAttributeToFilter('parent_id', $parentCategory->getId())

->addAttributeToFilter('name', $data['name'])

->getFirstItem();

if ($categoryId = $categoriesCheck->getId()) {

$updateMode = true;

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

} else {

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

}

if (!$updateMode) {

$category->setPath($parentCategory->getPath());

}

$category->setName($data['name']);

$category->setDisplayMode('PRODUCTS_AND_PAGE');

$category->setIsAnchor(1);

$category->setIsActive(1);

$category->setIncludeInMenu(1);

$category->setUrlKey($data['slug']);

$category->setPageLayout('one_column');

try {

$category->save();

} catch (Exception $e){

Mage::logException($e);

}

if (isset($data['children'])) {

foreach ($data['children'] as $subCat) {

saveCategory($category, $subCat);

}

unset($category);

}

/* Change back Magento settings */

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($currentStoreId);

Mage::app()->setUpdateMode($currentUpdateMode);

$installer->endSetup();

If you have any specific settings for each category – move it from saveCategory() function to categories array. For example:

$categories = array(
    /* ... */
    array(
        'name' => 'Top Category One',
        'slug' => 'top-category-one',
        'display_mode' => 'PRODUCTS_AND_PAGE',
        'set_is_active' => 1,
        'set_include_in_menu' => 1,
    ),
    /* ... */
);

$categories = array(

/* ... */

array(

'name' => 'Top Category One',

'slug' => 'top-category-one',

'display_mode' => 'PRODUCTS_AND_PAGE',

'set_is_active' => 1,

'set_include_in_menu' => 1,

/* ... */

);

And then:

function saveCategory($parentCategory, $data)
{
    /* ... */
    $category->setDisplayMode($data['display_mode']);
    $category->setIsActive($data['set_is_active']);
    $category->setIncludeInMenu($data['set_include_in_menu']);
    /* ... */
}

function saveCategory($parentCategory, $data)

{

/* ... */

$category->setDisplayMode($data['display_mode']);

$category->setIsActive($data['set_is_active']);

$category->setIncludeInMenu($data['set_include_in_menu']);

/* ... */

}

Make sure to refresh cache and reindex Catalog URL Rewrites after this upgrade.

This is it folks, hope that help. If you find this article helpful (or vice versa) – don’t hesitate to rate it below and share to help others in their Magento journey.

If you have any suggestions – please leave a comment.

Rating:

Create Magento categories tree programmatically

4.7 (93.33%) 6 vote[s]

How to add a date/time product attribute to Magento admin

by Igor Kuzyk on March 14, 2015

in: magento, snippets

Adding a date attribute to Magento is no problem – but what about date + time? In this article I’ll explain how to add a date/time product attribute to Magento admin programmatically with upgrade script. Basically to make it happen you need to configure the renderer for date field and source model to convert the date and save time as well as date.

So let’s start with renderer itself:

app/code/local/Youcompany/Yourmodule/Block/Adminhtml/Renderer/Datetime.php

/**
 * Datetime attribute field renderer
 */
class Youcompany_Yourmodule_Block_Adminhtml_Renderer_Datetime extends Varien_Data_Form_Element_Date
{
    /**
     * Construct
     *
     * @param array $attributes
     */
    public function __construct($attributes = array())
    {
        parent::__construct($attributes);
        $this->setTime(true);
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve date format
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getFormat()
    {
        return Mage::app()->getLocale()->getDateTimeFormat(Mage_Core_Model_Locale::FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT);
    }
}

/**

* Datetime attribute field renderer

class Youcompany_Yourmodule_Block_Adminhtml_Renderer_Datetime extends Varien_Data_Form_Element_Date

{

/**

* Construct

* @param array $attributes

public function __construct($attributes = array())

{

parent::__construct($attributes);

$this->setTime(true);

}

/**

* Retrieve date format

* @return string

public function getFormat()

{

return Mage::app()->getLocale()->getDateTimeFormat(Mage_Core_Model_Locale::FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT);

}

Next – let’s create a source model that will handle this attribute on save:

app/code/local/Youcompany/Yourmodule/Model/Attribute/Datetime.php

/**
 * Datetime attribute source model
 */
class Youcompany_Yourmodule_Model_Attribute_Datetime extends Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Attribute_Backend_Datetime
{
    /**
     * Format date
     *
     * @param string|int $date
     * @return string
     */
    public function formatDate($date)
    {
        if (empty($date)) {
            return null;
        }
        $date = Mage::app()->getLocale()->date($date,
            Mage::app()->getLocale()->getDateTimeFormat(Mage_Core_Model_Locale::FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT),
            null, false
        );

        return $date->toString(Varien_Date::DATETIME_INTERNAL_FORMAT);
    }
}

/**

* Datetime attribute source model

class Youcompany_Yourmodule_Model_Attribute_Datetime extends Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Attribute_Backend_Datetime

{

/**

* Format date

* @param string|int $date

* @return string

public function formatDate($date)

{

if (empty($date)) {

return null;

}

$date = Mage::app()->getLocale()->date($date,

Mage::app()->getLocale()->getDateTimeFormat(Mage_Core_Model_Locale::FORMAT_TYPE_SHORT),

null, false

);

return $date->toString(Varien_Date::DATETIME_INTERNAL_FORMAT);

}

And finally the upgrade script to create an attribute and connect it to model and renderer:

app/code/local/Youcompany/Yourmodule/sql/yourmodule_setup/mysql4-upgrade-0.0.1-0.0.2.php

/* @var $installer Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup */
$installer = $this;
$installer->startSetup();

/* @var $eavConfig Mage_Eav_Model_Config */
$eavConfig = Mage::getSingleton('eav/config');

$entityCode = Mage_Catalog_Model_Product::ENTITY;

$installer->removeAttribute($entityCode, 'start_date'); // if attribute exist - delete it
$installer->addAttribute($entityCode, 'start_date',
    array(
        'label'                     => 'Start Date',
        'group'                     => 'General',
        'global'                    => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,
        'backend'                   => 'yourmodule/attribute_datetime',
        'show_on_frontend'          => false,
        'unique'                    => false,
        'is_configurable'           => false,
        'used_for_price_rules'      => false,
        'visible'                   => true,
        'required'                  => false,
        'user_defined'              => true,
        'is_user_defined'           => false,
        'searchable'                => false,
        'filterable'                => false,
        'visible_on_front'          => true,
        'default'                   => null,
        'type'                      => 'datetime',
        'input'                     => 'date',
        'class'                     => 'validate-date',
    )
);
$attribute = $eavConfig->getAttribute($entityCode, 'start_date');

$attribute->setData('apply_to', array('simple', 'virtual')); // set product types to apply new attribute
$attribute->setData('frontend_input_renderer', 'yourmodule/adminhtml_renderer_datetime');

$attribute->save();

$installer->endSetup();

/* @var $installer Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup */

$installer = $this;

$installer->startSetup();

/* @var $eavConfig Mage_Eav_Model_Config */

$eavConfig = Mage::getSingleton('eav/config');

$entityCode = Mage_Catalog_Model_Product::ENTITY;

$installer->removeAttribute($entityCode, 'start_date'); // if attribute exist - delete it

$installer->addAttribute($entityCode, 'start_date',

array(

'label' => 'Start Date',

'group' => 'General',

'global' => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,

'backend' => 'yourmodule/attribute_datetime',

'show_on_frontend' => false,

'unique' => false,

'is_configurable' => false,

'used_for_price_rules' => false,

'visible' => true,

'required' => false,

'user_defined' => true,

'is_user_defined' => false,

'searchable' => false,

'filterable' => false,

'visible_on_front' => true,

'default' => null,

'type' => 'datetime',

'input' => 'date',

'class' => 'validate-date',

)

);

$attribute = $eavConfig->getAttribute($entityCode, 'start_date');

$attribute->setData('apply_to', array('simple', 'virtual')); // set product types to apply new attribute

$attribute->setData('frontend_input_renderer', 'yourmodule/adminhtml_renderer_datetime');

$attribute->save();

$installer->endSetup();

You can use any setup options for you attribute, but the most important part here is:

        'backend'                   => 'yourmodule/attribute_datetime',

1	'backend' => 'yourmodule/attribute_datetime',

and

$attribute->setData('frontend_input_renderer', 'yourmodule/adminhtml_renderer_datetime');

1	$attribute->setData('frontend_input_renderer', 'yourmodule/adminhtml_renderer_datetime');

That’s it folks. Hope that helps.

Rating:

How to add a date/time product attribute to Magento admin

4.8 (95%) 4 vote[s]

Create a Magento CMS Page or Static Block programmatically

by Igor Kuzyk on January 29, 2015

in: magento, snippets

Creating a CMS pages and blocks in Magento is simple as navigate to Admin Panel -> CMS -> Pages or Admin Panel -> CMS -> Static Blocks. But while you developing your extension you might need to create a Magento CMS Page or Static Block programmatically.

Here is the way how you can achive it:

Creating a CMS Page:

/* @var $installer Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup */
$installer = $this;

$installer->startSetup();
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);
 
$cmsPage = array(
    'title' => 'My CMS page',
    'root_template' => 'one_column', // two_columns_left, two_columns_right, three_columns
    'meta_keywords' => 'my page meta keywords',
    'meta_description' => 'my page meta description',
    'identifier' => 'my-cms-page',
    'content' => 'My CMS page content goes here',
    'content_heading' => 'My Content Heading',
    'is_active' => 1,
    'sort_order' => 0,
    'stores' => array(0),
);
			
Mage::getModel('cms/page')->setData($cmsPage)->save();

$installer->endSetup();

/* @var $installer Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup */

$installer = $this;

$installer->startSetup();

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

$cmsPage = array(

'title' => 'My CMS page',

'root_template' => 'one_column', // two_columns_left, two_columns_right, three_columns

'meta_keywords' => 'my page meta keywords',

'meta_description' => 'my page meta description',

'identifier' => 'my-cms-page',

'content' => 'My CMS page content goes here',

'content_heading' => 'My Content Heading',

'is_active' => 1,

'sort_order' => 0,

'stores' => array(0),

);

Mage::getModel('cms/page')->setData($cmsPage)->save();

$installer->endSetup();

Creating a CMS Block:

/* @var $installer Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup */
$installer = $this;

$installer->startSetup();
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);
 
$staticBlock = array(
    'title' => 'My CMS Block',
    'identifier' => 'my_cms_block',
    'content' => 'My CMS Block content goes here.',
    'is_active' => 1,
    'stores' => array(0),
);
				
Mage::getModel('cms/block')->setData($staticBlock)->save();

$installer->endSetup();

/* @var $installer Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup */

$installer = $this;

$installer->startSetup();

Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID);

$staticBlock = array(

'title' => 'My CMS Block',

'identifier' => 'my_cms_block',

'content' => 'My CMS Block content goes here.',

'is_active' => 1,

'stores' => array(0),

);

Mage::getModel('cms/block')->setData($staticBlock)->save();

$installer->endSetup();

That simple. Hope it helps.

Rating:

Create a Magento CMS Page or Static Block programmatically

4.5 (90%) 6 vote[s]

How to remove .html from Magento URL (+programmatically)

by Igor Kuzyk on January 27, 2015

in: magento, snippets

To improve the SEO of your store you might consider to remove .html from Magento URL on category and product pages.

There is a few easy ways to make it happen.

First way is to remove it through Magento admin panel. Navigate to System -> Configuration -> Catalog -> Search Engine Optimization and remove the “.html” value from Product URL Suffix and Category URL Suffix.

Make sure you refresh the cache and re-index “Catalog URL Rewrites”.

Second way is to built it in your custom extension. Here is sql update script:

/* @var $installer Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup */
$installer = $this;
$conn = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_read');

$installer->startSetup();

$paths = array('catalog/seo/product_url_suffix', 'catalog/seo/category_url_suffix');
foreach ($paths as $path) {
    $check = $conn->fetchOne("SELECT `value` FROM {$this->getTable('core_config_data')} WHERE `path`='" . $path . "';");
    if (empty($check)) {
        $installer->run("INSERT INTO {$installer->getTable('core_config_data')} (`scope`, `scope_id`, `path`, `value`) VALUES ('default', 0, '" . $path . "', '');");
    } else {
        $installer->run("UPDATE {$installer->getTable('core_config_data')} SET `value` = '' WHERE `path` = '" . $path . "';");
    }
}

$installer->endSetup();

/* @var $installer Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Setup */

$installer = $this;

$conn = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_read');

$installer->startSetup();

$paths = array('catalog/seo/product_url_suffix', 'catalog/seo/category_url_suffix');

foreach ($paths as $path) {

$check = $conn->fetchOne("SELECT `value` FROM {$this->getTable('core_config_data')} WHERE `path`='" . $path . "';");

if (empty($check)) {

$installer->run("INSERT INTO {$installer->getTable('core_config_data')} (`scope`, `scope_id`, `path`, `value`) VALUES ('default', 0, '" . $path . "', '');");

} else {

$installer->run("UPDATE {$installer->getTable('core_config_data')} SET `value` = '' WHERE `path` = '" . $path . "';");

}

$installer->endSetup();

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Change default controller URL in Magento

by Igor Kuzyk on August 30, 2014

in: magento, snippets

Sometimes it’s required to have some areas of you site to leave in non-standard urls. For better SEO or just because you want so. In this case Magento has an ability to rewrite default controller url to whatever you want. For example you want to hide your admin panel from unwelcome visitors. This is the simple one – and described in magento wiki with ability to even set this up as separate node.

You just need to change this:

<admin>
    <routers>
        <adminhtml>
            <args>
                <frontName><![CDATA[admin]]></frontName>
            </args>
        </adminhtml>
    </routers>
</admin>

<admin>

<args>

</args>

</adminhtml>

</routers>

</admin>

to this

<admin>
    <routers>
        <adminhtml>
            <args>
                <frontName><![CDATA[manage]]></frontName>
            </args>
        </adminhtml>
    </routers>
</admin>

<admin>

<args>

</args>

</adminhtml>

</routers>

</admin>

in your app/etc/local.xml.

But what about fronrend URL’s? Exactly the same thing! For example lets change default URL for my account pages. Add this lines in your module etc/config.xml:

<config>
    ...
    <frontend>
        <routers>
            <customer>
                <args>
                    <frontName>user</frontName>
                </args>
            </customer>
        </routers>
    </frontend>
    ...
</config>

...

<args>

</args>

</customer>

</routers>

</frontend>

...

</config>

clean cache and now all your urls changed from http://wwww.example.com/customer/* to http://wwww.example.com/user/*.

Yes, that simple! Hope that helps.

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