How to Debug an Email Template in Magento

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I am working on modifying email templates. {themeName}/template/email/order/items/order/default.phtml

The above template triggers when the user (guest or customer) has placed the order.

In the above template, there are some variables like:

$_item = $this->getItem();
$_order = $this->getItem()->getOrder();

if I use any debugging methods like Mage::log or zend_debug::dump, the checkout page is hanging up and the order is never being processed.

So, my question is what should I use to debug email templates here?

I also used echo which is always showing an empty string or array for an array holding variable.

Best Answer

On the hackathon we (read as they :-)) implemented a module to preview mail templates: https://github.com/magento-hackathon/E-MailPreview

Maybe this helps.

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It's probably your database entries.

Take a look at core_config_data:

SELECT `value` FROM `core_config_data` WHERE `path` = 'snh/emailsettings/headerfnt';

If it does return something, then it'd be a scope problem then. Check if scope and scope_id checks out (global, website, store level?). Safest way to go is default and 0, respectively.

If it does not return anything, then you need to insert something for this. You obviously probably know now what to insert, right?

Magento – Email template and custom variables acting very strange

In your template you could use a custom block like this

{{block type='fooman_example/email' config_var='SOCIALBUTTONS'}}

and then in your block based on Mage_Core_Model_Email_Template_Filter

<?php
class Fooman_Example_Block_Email extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{

    protected function _toHtml()
    {
        $customVarValue = '';
        $variable = Mage::getModel('core/variable')
            ->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getStoreId())
            ->loadByCode($this->getConfigVar());
        if ($value = $variable->getValue(Mage_Core_Model_Variable::TYPE_HTML)) {
            $customVarValue = $value;
        }
        return $customVarValue;
    }
}

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