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M2 Defining a plugin

A plugin is used to extend or modify a public method’s behaviour by applying code before, after, or around that observed method. The first argument for the before, after, and around methods is an object that provides access to all public methods of the observed method’s class. Note: The rest of the parameters for these functions are depending on…

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Clear Cache in Magento 2

The cache is the biggest issue when you develop so you need to know all the possible ways of cleaning it. There are 3 way to clean the cache (similar to Magento 1): From the backend (Admin): Through command-line (CLI) tool:

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# in your Magento root folder
# the php from the beginning of the line can be omitted
 
# -- cache:clean deletes the cache storage
php bin/magento cache:clean
 
# -- cache:flush will wipe out everything
php bin/magento cache:flush
 

Manually removing the cache files:

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# from magento root directory in command line run the command
rm -rf var/cache/*
 

You can also check the cache status First of…

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Maintenance mode (M2)

Magento 2 can run in one of three primary modes -- developer, production, and default. But aside from that ones there is also a maintenance mode, which is used when you want to make the site unavailable to the public during updates or other changes. You don’t use the MAGE_MODE variable -- instead, you create a…

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Set Environment Variable [Developer or Production Mode] (M2)

First, will be a good idea to check the current MODE:

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php bin/magento deploy:mode:show
 

The main idea is to have this (environment) variable MAGE_MODE set to one of this values: Default Developer Production   To change the MODE in Magento for the moment there are 3 ways: From CLI  (you'll be 100% sure it changed)

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# we are using the Magento deploy in order to change the mode
# there are 3 possible values:
#       * default
#       * developer
#       * production
#
# BUT there is a CATCH: once you changed
# the DEFAULT mode you can NOT go back to it
 
 
# make it into Developer mode
php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer
 
 
# for Production mode
php bin/magento deploy:mode:set production
 

Using the .htaccess file:

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# add the following line in the main .htaccess file
 
SetEnv MAGE_MODE developer
 

Through your WEB…