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Check if there are any shipping methods available

public function haveShippingMethods() { if (count(Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getQuote()->getShippingAddress()->getShippingRatesCollection())) { return true; } return false; }

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Get attribute set collection

$attributeSetCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('eav/entity_attribute_set_collection') ->load();

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Get a categories products ordered by number of sales

$categoryId = 1; //Change this to whatever the category id is - duh :) //Lets load up that category $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($categoryId); $products = Mage::getResourceModel('reports/product_collection') ->addOrderedQty() ->addAttributeToSelect('*') ->setOrder('ordered_qty', 'desc') ->addCategoryFilter($category);

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Get all of the top level categories

//Usually, the first base category added will have the id of 2 $defaultCategoryId = 2; $topLevelCats = Mage::getModel('catalog/category') ->getCollection() ->addAttributeToSelect('path','name','id') ->addAttributeToFilter('parent_id', $defaultCategoryId) ->setOrder('position', 'ASC');

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Set current store (pass the integer id)

$storeId = 1; Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($storeId);

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Print the SQL queries performed when calling a product collection

$_productCollection->printLogQuery(true);

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Get store contact number

Mage::getStoreConfig('general/store_information/phone');

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Unsubscribe customer using email address

Mage::getModel('newsletter/subscriber') ->loadByEmail($emailAddress) ->unsubscribe();

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Get Base Secure URL

Mage::getBaseUrl('web', true);

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Check if Google Analytics is available

Mage::helper('googleanalytics')->isGoogleAnalyticsAvailable()

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Get product collection

$collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection();

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Check if RSS is enabled

Mage::getStoreConfig('rss/catalog/category');

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Get the current category name

Mage::registry('current_category')->getName();

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How many items are there in the basket?

Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart')->getSummaryQty();

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Get a configurable product child products

$childProducts = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_type_configurable') ->getUsedProducts(null, $product);

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Get the number of products shown in the sidebar

Mage::getStoreConfig('checkout/sidebar/count');

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Check if a product is configurable

$product->isConfigurable();