Magento 1.8 – Fix Customer Custom Tab Data Not Saving in Admin

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I have a custom module which is used to add a custom module in customer section in admin. I have added this tab successfully and now I am trying to save custom data that obtain through custom tab in a custom table. For that I am using an observer method and which is shown below

<config>
-----------------
<global>
    <events>
      <adminhtml_customer_prepare_save>
          <observers>
              <save_customnewtab_data>
                  <type>singleton</type>
                  <class>customernewtab/observer</class>
                  <method>saveCustomerNewTabData</method>
              </save_customnewtab_data>
          </observers>
      </adminhtml_customer_prepare_save>
    </events>   
    --------------
 </global>
 ---------
 </config>

and my observer is shown below

<?php

class Mysite_Customernewtab_Model_Observer
{
    public function saveCustomerNewTabData($observer){

        if (isset($observer['customer'])) 
        {
            $customer = $observer['customer']->getData();
            echo "<pre>";
            print_r($customer);
            die();

        } 
        else 
        {
            //Do something with the customer
        }
    }
}

this is the extract of phtml file which I am using to render the content of my custom tab

<!-- some contents here -->
<tr>
<td>
    <table class="form-list" cellspacing="0">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
                    <td class="value">
            <input id="customer_nick_name" class=" required-entry input-text required-entry" type="text" value="" name="customernewtab[customer_nick_name]" />
        </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
    </table>
</td>
</tr>
<?php /*profile pic section*/ ?>
 <tr>
<td>
    <table class="form-list" cellspacing="0">
    <tbody>
        <tr>
        <td>
            <div id="customernewtab-prof-pic" style=" margin-left: 250px;margin-top: 30px;">                
                <input id="customernewtab_file_name" type="hidden" name="customernewtab[customer_photo]" value=""  />
            <input id="customnewtab_file" type="file" name="customer_prof_pic" value="" />

            </div>
        </td>
        </tr>
             </tbody>
         </table>
     </td>
 </tr>

Now see my observer output, while editing an existing customer data with my custom data has set along with it.

Array
(
[entity_id] => 3
[entity_type_id] => 1
[attribute_set_id] => 0
[website_id] => 1
[email] => rajeev_ktomy@yahoo.in
[group_id] => 1
[increment_id] => 
[store_id] => 1
[created_at] => 2014-03-10T04:23:00-07:00
[updated_at] => 2014-03-12 07:22:00
[is_active] => 1
[disable_auto_group_change] => 0
[firstname] => test
[lastname] => test
[password_hash] => 4de63e833f14934a3c5fd4213496a13c:n0seA0z1a135nmY3rtbTkUAmkTpiomzw
[created_in] => English
[prefix] => 
[middlename] => 
[suffix] => 
[taxvat] => 
[dob] => 
[gender] => 
[is_subscribed] => 
)

As you can see my custom data is missing in the output. My question is

1) Why my custom datas customer_nick_name and customer_photo are not visible in the output ?
2)What is wrong in my code ?
3) Is this the correct way to save custom tab data ?

Best Answer

Why my custom datas customer_nick_name and customer_photo are not visible in the output ?

Because they are not processed, this happens here:

\Mage_Adminhtml_CustomerController::saveAction
/** @var $customerForm Mage_Customer_Model_Form */
$customerForm = Mage::getModel('customer/form');
$customerForm->setEntity($customer)
    ->setFormCode('adminhtml_customer')
    ->ignoreInvisible(false)
;

$formData = $customerForm->extractData($this->getRequest(), 'account');

You need to add the attributes which should be parsed to the customer_form_attribute table, if you don't use the magento logic.

What is wrong in my code ? Is this the correct way to save custom tab data ?

But why aren't you just add a new attribute and let magento do the rest? Magento should render the attributes and show them to you ... and save them of course.

There are lots of blog articles how to add a customer attribute, e.g. this one from elsondesigns.

$this->addAttribute($entity, 'some_attribute', array(
    'type' => 'text',               /* input type */
    'label' => 'Some Attribute',    /* Label for the user to read */
    'input' => 'text',              /* input type */
    'visible' => TRUE,              /* users can see it */
    'required' => FALSE,            /* is it required, self-explanatory */
    'default_value' => 'default',   /* default value */
    'adminhtml_only' => '1'         /* use in admin html only */
));

Adding an image field is possible, the part with the enctype is a little bit tricky (good catch!) and I think you need an observer for it... and I'm WRONG. Everything fine:

\Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Customer_Edit_Form
protected function _prepareForm()
{
    $form = new Varien_Data_Form(array(
        'id'        => 'edit_form',
        'action'    => $this->getData('action'),
        'method'    => 'post',
        'enctype'   => 'multipart/form-data'
    ));

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Magento – save new tab data in separate table when save cms >> page data

EDIT: The entire answer updated, to accommodate new cms page creation.

Ok, you can solve this in multiple ways, rewrites are one (rewriting controller and models of the cms system (yuk)) or just using observers/events. I prefer observer events, as it makes for higher compatibility with other 3rd party modules.

As per my previous answer, the flaw was that I suggested using only the 'cms_page_prepare_save' event, but as you had found that does not work for new pages. Why? Because the page model has not saved yet, thus no page id.

However, this event is the only event available that also passes the request data, so it must be used.

The solution: Use two events. The first stays as 'cms_page_prepare_save', which allows you to get the request data, and the second will be an event on the model save after 'cms_page_save_after'.

Thus the process will be:

Observe the 'cms_page_prepare_save' event
Grab the request data and extract your tabs data.
Set that against the page model that was also passed (this is temp storage so you can use it later)
Listen to the cms page model save after event. 'cms_page_save_after'
Grab your data out of the page model, as well as the page id and use it.

So here goes:

In the observer event 'cms_page_prepare_save' you will have code like this:

public function cms_page_prepare_save(Varien_Event_Observer $observer) {
        $requestParams = $observer->getRequest()->getParams(); 
        $page = $observer->getPage();
        $page->setData('request_params',$requestParams); // save the request data to the page model. This will not intevere with normal model functionality as it will be ignored by anything else.
        return $this;
    }

Next you have another observer on 'cms_page_prepare_save' event with this code:

public function cms_page_save_after(Varien_Event_Observer $observer) { 
        $page = $observer->getObject();
        $requestParams = $page->getRequestParams();
        // do what you need to do with your tab data, which is now in $requestParams
        return $this;
    }

Ideally in the cms_page_prepare_save observer code you'd only store your tabs information, not the entire request params, as that could be a lot of data. You could also use this event to filter/sanetise/check your data, before the models get saved.

Hope this adjusted answer helps.

Magento 1.7/1.8 – `customer_save_after` Event Not Working in Admin Side

First of all adminhtml_customer_save_after is correct event take a look in \app\code\core\Mage\Adminhtml\controllers\CustomerController.php.

customer_save_after it is a different event for frontend.

But your class definition is wrong. Try this

<events>
    <adminhtml_customer_save_after>
        <observers>
            <electronicsstore_customization>
                <type>model</type>                           
                    <class>customization/observer</class>
                    <method>saveCustomerCustomizationData</method>
            </electronicsstore_customization>
        </observers>
    </adminhtml_customer_save_after>
</events>

Also do not forget to clear cache.

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