You fire up your local Magento 2 installation, excited to get some work done, and… BAM! Instead of your store, you’re met with an endless “Too Many Redirects” error. Your browser keeps bouncing back and forth between URLs like a confused courier, and your site just won’t load. Frustrating, right? This issue is surprisingly common …
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Once upon a time in the magical kingdom of PHP, there lived a humble function named intval(). Not as flashy as array_map() or as mysterious as eval(), intval() was a quiet worker bee, transforming values into integers with the wave of its wand. But like all good fairy tales, there’s a twist: intval() had some …
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The rise of cyberattacks targeting e-commerce platforms continues to be a significant concern for online businesses. In recent months, some of our clients have been dealing with an alarming issue: Trojan orders. These orders contain malicious code injected through customer information fields like first name and last name, with the intent to exploit vulnerabilities in …
Magento 2, with its robust architecture, offers a powerful API that provides extensive capabilities for performing searches and retrieving data. Among the many features of the Magento 2 API, filters and filter groups stand out as essential tools for developers aiming to perform efficient and precise searches. Understanding how to use these tools effectively can …
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Hey, Magento enthusiasts! 🎉 Yesterday, we ventured into the thrilling world of bypassing CSRF validation for specific requests in Magento 2. Today, we’re taking a step back to understand what CSRF is, why it’s crucial for Magento security, and why merchants should think twice before disabling it. Grab your popcorn, because this journey is going …
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Hello, fellow Magento developers! 🎉 Today, we’re diving into a topic that’s as thrilling as it is necessary: bypassing CSRF validation for specific requests in Magento 2. Now, before you think I’ve lost my marbles, let me clarify—we’re talking about safely and legitimately bypassing CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) validation when certain situations call for it. …
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I was talking to a friend of mine recently about the strategy we are using on one of the projects we're working on together and I noticed that it would be great if I could create a blog post and share some knowledge with some developers, lead developers, managers, or anywho, who suffer a lot …
Generating a database dump is a critical practice in the realm of database management, offering a safeguard against data loss, aiding in disaster recovery, and facilitating seamless data migration or replication. A database dump essentially involves creating a snapshot of the entire database, capturing its structure and content at a specific point in time. While …
A few days ago a client complained their Magento website was suffering from a bot attack in the checkout with the credit card payment. They received thousands and thousands (I mean, thousands, like more than 30 thousand) of failed transaction emails in their email inbox. They immediately asked for our help to investigate and apply …
A few days ago I was working as usual from my home office. I was entertained working on an investigation for a non-critical bug for one of our clients. Suddenly a Slack message popped up on my screen: "We have a critical bug happening on production for this given client that started happening after the …
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