Magento 2 – Iyngaran Iyathurai

Creating & Running Cron in Magento 2 Custom Module

March 8, 2017 Iyngaran Iyathurai 3

This article shows how to create and run cronjob in a custom module in Magento 2. Here, we will focus on creating / setting up / running cron for a custom Magento 2 module. Let us suppose, we are developing a custom module named Iyngaran_DemoModule (app/code/Iyngaran/DemoModule). To define the cron settings for your custom module, you need to write the following code in app/code/Iyngaran/DemoModule/etc/crontab.xml. app/code/Iyngaran/DemoModule/etc/crontab.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Cron:etc/crontab.xsd">
    <group id="default"> 
        <job name=“iyngaran_cron_demo” instance=“Iyngaran\DemoModule\Cron\Demo” method="execute">
            <schedule>*/15 * * * *</schedule><!-- run 15th minutes -->
        </job>
    </group>
</config>

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<?xml version="1.0"?>

</job>

</group>

</config>

As you can see from above code, we have […]

Create CMS pages programmatically in Magento2

March 2, 2017 Iyngaran Iyathurai 0

Creating a CMS pages in Magento is simple as navigate to Admin Panel -> CMS -> Pages. But while you developing your extension you might need to create a Magento CMS Page programmatically. Here is the way how you can achieve it:

namespace Ayngaz\CmsInstall\Setup;

use Magento\Cms\Api\BlockRepositoryInterface;
use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\BlockInterface;
use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\BlockInterfaceFactory;
use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\PageInterface;
use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\PageInterfaceFactory;
use Magento\Cms\Api\PageRepositoryInterface;
use Magento\Framework\Setup\InstallDataInterface;
use Magento\Framework\Setup\ModuleContextInterface;
use Magento\Framework\Setup\ModuleDataSetupInterface;

class InstallData implements InstallDataInterface
{
    /**
     * @var PageRepositoryInterface
     */
    private $pageRepository;
    /**
     * @var PageInterfaceFactory
     */
    private $pageInterfaceFactory;

    public function __construct(
        PageRepositoryInterface $pageRepository,
        PageInterfaceFactory $pageInterfaceFactory
    ) {
        $this->pageRepository = $pageRepository;
        $this->pageInterfaceFactory = $pageInterfaceFactory;
    }

    /**
     * Installs data for a module
     *
     * @param ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup
     * @param ModuleContextInterface $context
     * @return void
     */
    public function install(ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup, ModuleContextInterface $context)
    {
        $this->createCmsPage();
    }

    /**
     * Create a CMS page
     */
    private function createCmsPage()
    {
        /** @var PageInterface $cmsPage */
        $cmsPage = $this->pageInterfaceFactory->create();
        $cmsPage->setIdentifier('page-identifier')
            ->setTitle('Page Title')
            ->setContentHeading('Content Heading')
            ->setContent('Page HTML content')
            ->setPageLayout('1column')
            ->setData('stores', [0]);

        $this->pageRepository->save($cmsPage);
    }
}

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namespace Ayngaz\CmsInstall\Setup;

use Magento\Cms\Api\BlockRepositoryInterface;

use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\BlockInterface;

use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\BlockInterfaceFactory;

use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\PageInterface;

use Magento\Cms\Api\Data\PageInterfaceFactory;

use Magento\Cms\Api\PageRepositoryInterface;

use Magento\Framework\Setup\InstallDataInterface;

use Magento\Framework\Setup\ModuleContextInterface;

use Magento\Framework\Setup\ModuleDataSetupInterface;

class InstallData implements InstallDataInterface

{

/**

* @var PageRepositoryInterface

*/

private $pageRepository;

/**

* @var PageInterfaceFactory

*/

private $pageInterfaceFactory;

public function __construct(

PageRepositoryInterface $pageRepository,

PageInterfaceFactory $pageInterfaceFactory

) {

$this->pageRepository = $pageRepository;

$this->pageInterfaceFactory = $pageInterfaceFactory;

}

/**

* Installs data for a module

*

* @param ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup

* @param ModuleContextInterface $context

* @return void

*/

public function install(ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup, ModuleContextInterface $context)

{

$this->createCmsPage();

}

/**

* Create a CMS page

*/

private function createCmsPage()

{

/** @var PageInterface $cmsPage */

$cmsPage = $this->pageInterfaceFactory->create();

$cmsPage->setIdentifier('page-identifier')

->setTitle('Page Title')

->setContentHeading('Content Heading')

->setContent('Page HTML content')

->setPageLayout('1column')

->setData('stores', [0]);

$this->pageRepository->save($cmsPage);

}

That’s it!. Clear cache and upgrade magento.

rm -rf var/*
rm -rf pub/static/*
php bin/magento setup:upgrade //(only for new extension)
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy 
chmod -R 777 var pub/static

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rm -rf var/*

rm -rf pub/static/*

php bin/magento setup:upgrade //(only for new extension)

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

chmod -R 777 var pub/static

Magento 2.x. Update/add cms static block programmatically.

March 2, 2017 Iyngaran Iyathurai 1

To update cms static block for particular store programmatically you can use following code.

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();

$identifier = 'block_identifier';
$store_id = 2; 

try {
    $block = $objectManager->create('Magento\Cms\Model\Block');
    $block->setStoreId($store_id); // store for block you want to update 
    $block->load($identifier, 'identifier');
    $block->setIdentifier($identifier);
    $block->setTitle('Block Title');
    $block->setIsActive(1); 
    $block->setStores($store_id);
    $block->setContent($content);
    $block->save();

    echo "Static block updated! \n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

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$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();

$identifier = 'block_identifier';

$store_id = 2;

try {

$block = $objectManager->create('Magento\Cms\Model\Block');

$block->setStoreId($store_id); // store for block you want to update

$block->load($identifier, 'identifier');

$block->setIdentifier($identifier);

$block->setTitle('Block Title');

$block->setIsActive(1);

$block->setStores($store_id);

$block->setContent($content);

$block->save();

echo "Static block updated! \n";

} catch (Exception $e) {

echo $e->getMessage();

}

Magento 2: Add a CMS Static Block via XML Updates in you homepage

March 2, 2017 Iyngaran Iyathurai 0

These are the steps to add a CMS Static block to your homepage using XML Updates in XML files. Go to the Admin Panel > Content > Blocks Click on “Add new Block” Create your custom block, make sure that the option “Enabled” is checked and save it. In the project code, go to app/design/frontend/[VendorName]/[themeName]/ and add the following file app/design/frontend/[VendorName]/[themeName]/Magento_Cms/layout/cms_index_index.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
/**
 * Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
 * See COPYING.txt for license details.
 */
-->
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
	<body>
		<referenceContainer name="content">
			<block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="iyngaran-s-home-content" after="-">
				<arguments>
					<argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">your-static-block-identifier</argument>
				</arguments>
			</block>
		</referenceContainer>
	</body>
</page>

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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!--

/**

* See COPYING.txt for license details.

*/

-->

<body>

<argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">your-static-block-identifier</argument>

</arguments>

</block>

</referenceContainer>

</body>

</page>

NOTE: You can use “before” or “after” to place the block as you […]

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