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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.

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  • Can someone please atleast tell me how to get order_id from the above variables?
    – Mr_Green
    Apr 17, 2014 at 5:35
  • Have you tried to use Mage::log in the block class (Mage_Sales_Block_Order_Email_Items_Order_Default)?
    – nevvermind
    Apr 17, 2014 at 10:43
  • @nevvermind I tried Mage::log in Mage_Sales_Block_Items_Abstract. which has the same issue as I mentioned above in my post. I didn't get relation to your mentioned class.
    – Mr_Green
    Apr 17, 2014 at 10:47
  • The email tpl is in app/locale/en_US/template/email/sales/order_new_guest.html (for guest). There, a layout handle is inserted - sales_email_order_items. This handle is declared in app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/sales.xml. The template you're having problems with has the block set to sales/order_email_items_order_default - aka Mage_Sales_Block_Order_Email_Items_Order_Default.
    – nevvermind
    Apr 17, 2014 at 10:53
  • @nevvermind Thanks for the info. Actually, I am getting the products html to the email from {themeName}/template/email/order/items/order/default.phtml (I checked it thoroughly) The other part of email like "Thank you for purchasing.. blah blah blah" is coming from what you have mentioned above (I didn't check but I think so). To be frank, I solved this problem but my question is how to debug in these email templates?
    – Mr_Green
    Apr 17, 2014 at 10:58

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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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You could also try Mage::log($your_object->debug()); this will hopefully give you the information that you need.

It will show you all the objects data as an array of key => value and will show you the class of any sub-data that is an object.

if (is_scalar($value)) {
    $debug[$key] = $value;
} elseif (is_array($value)) {
    $debug[$key] = $this->debug($value, $objects);
} elseif ($value instanceof Varien_Object) {
    $debug[$key.' ('.get_class($value).')'] = $value->debug(null, $objects);
}
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