Author: Harshvardhan Malpani

PHP Developer based in New Delhi, India. Working as a freelance web developer providing server deployment, website development and maintenance services.

Insert Indian States in Magento Database

Connect to your server’s database using mysql cli or phpmyadmin and use the following query

INSERT INTO `directory_country_region` VALUES 
(NULL,"IN","AP","Andhra Pradesh"),
(NULL,"IN","AR","Arunachal Pradesh"),
(NULL,"IN","AS","Assam"),
(NULL,"IN","BR","Bihar"),
(NULL,"IN","CG","Chhattisgarh"),
(NULL,"IN","GA","Goa"),
(NULL,"IN","GJ","Gujarat"),
(NULL,"IN","HR","Haryana"),
(NULL,"IN","HP","Himachal Pradesh"),
(NULL,"IN","JK","Jammu and Kashmir"),
(NULL,"IN","JH","Jharkhand"),
(NULL,"IN","KA","Karnataka"),
(NULL,"IN","KL","Kerala"),
(NULL,"IN","MP","Madhya Pradesh"),
(NULL,"IN","MH","Maharashtra"),
(NULL,"IN","MN","Manipur"),
(NULL,"IN","ML","Meghalaya"),
(NULL,"IN","MZ","Mizoram"),
(NULL,"IN","NL","Nagaland"),
(NULL,"IN","OD","Odisha"),
(NULL,"IN","PB","Punjab"),
(NULL,"IN","RJ","Rajasthan"),
(NULL,"IN","SK","Sikkim"),
(NULL,"IN","TN","Tamil Nadu"),
(NULL,"IN","TL","Telangana"),
(NULL,"IN","TR","Tripura"),
(NULL,"IN","UK","Uttarakhand"),
(NULL,"IN","UP","Uttar Pradesh"),
(NULL,"IN","WB","West Bengal"),
(NULL,"IN","AN","Andaman and Nicobar Islands"),
(NULL,"IN","CH","Chandigarh"),
(NULL,"IN","DH","Dadra and Nagar Haveli"),
(NULL,"IN","DD","Daman and Diu"),
(NULL,"IN","DL","Delhi"),
(NULL,"IN","LD","Lakshadweep"),
(NULL,"IN","PY","Puducherry");

How to create Magento 2 category programmatically?

Use this code:

<?php
use \Magento\Framework\App\Bootstrap;
echo 'code by harshvardhanmalpani';
include('./app/bootstrap.php');
$bootstrap = Bootstrap::create(BP, $_SERVER);
$objectManager = $bootstrap->getObjectManager();
function createCategory($a='',$b=2,$c=true,$d='',$e='',$f='',$g='') {
global $objectManager;
$category = $objectManager->get('\Magento\Catalog\Model\CategoryFactory')->create();
$category->setName($a);
$category->setParentId($b); // 1: root category.
$category->setIsActive($c);
$category->setCustomAttributes([
'description' => $d,
'meta_title' => $e,
'meta_keywords' => $f,
'meta_description' => $g,
]);
$objectManager->get('\Magento\Catalog\Api\CategoryRepositoryInterface')->save($category);
}
createCategory("Abc");
createCategory("Xyz",4,false,"description","m title");
?>

How to secure a folder by whitelisting one IP using HTACCESS and denying all others

The process involves matching all requests for an IP, if the IP does not match redirect all secured directory requests. 

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^120\.120\.120\.120
RewriteRule ^admin/.* - [L,R=403] 
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^120\.120\.120\.120
RewriteRule ^admin$ - [L,R=403]

If you want to control this IP using a script, you can add 2 lines

###CUSTOM RULES###
# your rules will appear here using php script
###CUSTOM RULES###

Now add a script, say happy.php
and use the following code:

$htaccess = file_get_contents('.htaccess');
$ip= str_replace(".","\.",$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
$rules="RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^".$ip."
RewriteRule ^admin/.* - [L,R=403]
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^".$ip."
RewriteRule ^admin$ - [L,R=403]";
$problem="###CUSTOM RULES###\r\n".$rules.
"\r\n###CUSTOM RULES###";
#please copy the next line carefully, no extra spaces or new lines
$solution=preg_replace('/###CUSTOM RULES###.*?###CUSTOM RULES###/sm',$problem,$htaccess);
file_put_contents('.htaccess', $solution);

you can also specify your error page for specific http code: 403
ErrorDocument 403 /er.htm

Magento 2.1x – Add options in custom product attribute using backend

Go to the attribute edit page using magento 2 admin panel (Stores > Attributes > Product > Edit attribute)
Use console – ctrl + shift + J
Edit the js array mimim and then paste the following code in console.

$jq=new jQuery.noConflict();
var mimim=["Black","Blue","Blue Black"];
$jq.each(mimim,function(a,b){
$jq("#add_new_option_button").click();
$jq("#manage-options-panel tbody tr:last-child td:nth-child(3) input").val(b);
});

How to Update Magento 2.1x to latest version via SSH

composer require magento/product-community-edition 2.1.9 --no-update
composer update
rm -rf var/di/* var/generation/* var/cache/* var/log/* var/page_cache/*
php bin/magento cache:clean
php bin/magento cache:flush
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
php bin/magento indexer:reindex