Conditionally hide or show a block in Magento 2
Somehow i only found about this little gem only recently. In your layout xml you can use the ifconfig parameter to hide or show block depending on your configuration. It works as following: <block class=”<VENDOR><MODULE>BlockMyBlockClass”...
Download a file in a controller in Magento 2
Today i had to create a file download from a Magento 2 controller. I turnes out that this is quite simple. Now, it’s good to know that there are 2 options here: You have the file contents available. This is the case when you created an CSV with data for...
Flush Magento Cache vs Flush Cache Storage
This is question is asked and answered on Stack Overflow before, but it always surprises me how many people still don’t know the difference. The difference is quite simply though: Flush Magento CacheDeleted everything in the cache that is owned by Magento.Flush...
Using the Magento Marketplace MEQP with PHPStorm
To get your extension in the Magento Marketplace you have to comply with there rules. One of these rules is that your code must pass their Magento Marketplace Extension Quality Program Coding Standard, or Marketplace EQP in short. This is a set of custom Code Sniffer...
Share your local Magento environment with the world
Sometimes you need to share your local Magento environment with the world. This may be to share it with someone, to test it on a real phone, or to test some kinds of api response for example. Now you can go and open up your router settings and open a port to your...Who is Michiel?
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