{"id":549,"date":"2019-08-13T07:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T07:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/13\/add-additional-options-in-magento\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:40:04","slug":"add-additional-options-in-magento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/add-additional-options-in-magento\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add Additional Options in Magento"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Similar to my solution to add additional options in Magento 2<\/a>, I have come up with the code for Magento 1 in this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Magento 1 store, owing to the limitations of the platform, may require customization to offer excellent features. Hence, the method to add additional options in Magento<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know that making changes in the core functionalities is not a good practice. Therefore follow the below method to custom develop features that allow collecting customer details, implement out-of-box functionalities and improve the shopping experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can dynamically add options based on specific products without adding them from the backend using this method! You can also dynamically add customer account navigation in Magento 2<\/a> it allows you to customize and enhance the customer\u2019s account dashboard by adding custom links or sections based on specific business needs and requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steps to Add Additional Options in Magento:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Create config.xml<\/strong> file at app\/code\/local\/Vendor\/Extension\/etc\/<\/strong> folder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<config>\n    <modules>\n        <Vendor_Extension>\n            <version>1.0.0<\/version>\n        <\/Vendor_Extension>\n    <\/modules>\n    <global>\n        <models>\n            <extension>\n                <class>Vendor_Extension_Model<\/class>\n            <\/extension>\n        <\/models>\n        <events>\n            <checkout_cart_product_add_after>\n                <observers>\n                    <Vendor_Extension_Model_Observer>\n                        <type>singleton<\/type>\n                        <class>Vendor_Extension_Model_Observer<\/class>\n                        <method>checkout_cart_product_add_after<\/method>\n                    <\/Vendor_Extension_Model_Observer>\n                <\/observers>\n            <\/checkout_cart_product_add_after>\n\n            <sales_model_service_quote_submit_before>\n                <observers>\n                    <Vendor_Extension_Model_Observer_Set_Order>\n                        <type>singleton<\/type>\n                        <class>Vendor_Extension_Model_Observer<\/class>\n                        <method>setAdditionalDataToOrder<\/method>\n                    <\/Vendor_Extension_Model_Observer_Set_Order>\n                <\/observers>\n            <\/sales_model_service_quote_submit_before>\n        <\/events>\n    <\/global>\n<\/config><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
2. Create Observer.php<\/strong> file at app\/code\/local\/Vendor\/Extension\/Model\/<\/strong> folder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<?php\n\nclass Vendor_Extension_Model_Observer\n{\n    public function checkout_cart_product_add_after($observer)\n    {\n        $event = $observer->getEvent();\n        $quoteItem = $event->getQuoteItem();\n\n        $messageOption = array(\n            'label' => 'Message',\n            'option_value' => 'Custom Value',\n            'value' => 'Custom Value',\n            'print_value' => 'Custom Value',\n        );\n\n        $value = array('message' => $messageOption);\n        $value = serialize($value);\n        $quoteItem->addOption(array('code' => 'additional_options', 'product_id' => $quoteItem->getProductId(), 'value' => $value));\n    }\n\n    public function setAdditionalDataToOrder($observer)\n    {\n        try {\n            $quote = $observer->getEvent()->getQuote();\n            $order = $observer->getEvent()->getOrder();\n            $quoteItems = [];\n\n            foreach ($quote->getAllVisibleItems() as $quoteItem) {\n                $quoteItems[$quoteItem->getId()] = $quoteItem;\n            }\n\n            foreach ($order->getAllVisibleItems() as $orderItem) {\n\n                $quoteItemId = $orderItem->getQuoteItemId();\n                $quoteItem = $quoteItems[$quoteItemId];\n\n                $additionalOptions = $quoteItem->getOptionByCode('additional_options');\n\n                if (count($additionalOptions) > 0) {\n                    $options = $orderItem->getProductOptions();\n                    $options['additional_options'] = unserialize($additionalOptions->getValue());\n                    $orderItem->setProductOptions($options);\n                }\n\n            }\n        } catch (\\Exception $e) {\n            Mage::log($e->getMessage());\n        }\n    }\n}<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019d be very grateful if you helped share this helpful post on social media to fellow developers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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