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How are sections set up in Magento 2?
In Magento 2, a lot work has been done in improving the response time and Sections are a part of it. Magento sets customer related data in local storage of browser in key value pair. Each key is known as section. In this post we will see How we can create custom section in our module and use the data in the section in our template file.
How to add custom fields to customer registration page in Magento 2?
The code is written for Magento version 2.3 or above. First, you need to create a new attribute to store the data in which the customer registers in the form. We will create a datapatch to create our new customer attribute and add this attribute to the database.
Where do I put customer attributes in Magento?
You can add custom attributes to the Account Information, Address Book, and Billing Information sections of the customer’s account. Customer address attributes can also be used in the Billing Information section during checkout, or when guests register for an account.
How does customer data work in Magento 2?
As Magento 2 heavily relies on localStorage, they added a new entity called CustomerData to ensure a smooth work of the attribute. You can read more about it here. CustomerData works with the data stored on the client side. Magento 2 sections are merged parts of customer data.
How are customer related data stored in Magento?
Magento sets customer related data in local storage of browser in key value pair. Each key is known as section. In this post we will see How we can create custom section in our module and use the data in the section in our template file. For this tutorial I am using Webkul_Section module.
What is the System.Xml file in Magento 2?
The system.xml is a configuration file which is used to create configuration fields in Magento 2 System Configuration. You will need this if your module has some settings which the admin needs to set. You can go to Store -> Setting -> Configuration to check how it look like.
How do customer sections / sections.xml work?
That means that when any form is posted (with POST or PUT methods) to server, or when JavaScript sends an AJAX, POST or PUT request, the handlers will be invoked. Both handlers have similar logic: with help of Magento_Customer/js/section-config check should be any section updated or not.