liip/liip-magento-shared

Shared Magento Extension

A Magento module containing recurring methods we have been using in most projects., _(*1)

Features

• Extended set of attribute manipulation methods for the installer (sql setup)
• Connection class to download files
• Adds a reference field to attribute options for improved linking of imported values
• Many methods to handle attributes and their options
• Full page caching container classes (EE only) for: disabling / cookie-based / per-customer / per-session
• Proper URL umlaut replacements (ä: ae)
• Rounding of price to 0.05 (hardcoded)
• Various helpers

Installation

Add repository to composer.json, _(*2)

{
    "repositories": [
        {
          "type": "composer",
          "url": "http://packages.firegento.com"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "liip/liip-magento-shared": "1.*",
    },
    "extra":{
        "magento-root-dir": "./"
    }
}

Install package through composer, _(*3)

$ ./composer.phar install

Usage

The module renames its Magento namespace as liip. Therefore, you access models and helpers as Mage::getModel('liip/connection_curl') or Mage::helper('liip')., _(*4)

Use the Setup class in your module

In your module's config.xml, specify the new setup class, _(*5)

<global>
    <resources>
        <mymodule_setup>
            <setup>
                <module>Liip_Shared</module>
                <class>Liip_Shared_Model_Resource_Setup</class>
            </setup>
        </mymodule_setup>
    </resources>
</global>