sales_order_place_after not firing for admin-created orders

Question

I have a simple custom module that sends a separate email to an admin user once an order has been placed (email uses a different template). This email is supposed to work for orders placed from the frontend or the backend.

The event gets triggered when a frontend order is placed, but not when a backend order one is placed, although the event is global.

Here is my config.xml

<global>
    <events>
        <sales_order_place_after>
            <observers>
                <adminneworderemail_order_place>
                    <type>singleton</type>
                    <class>adminneworderemail/observer</class>
                    <method>orderPlace</method>
                </adminneworderemail_order_place>
            </observers>
        </sales_order_place_after>
    </events>
</global>

And the Observer function being triggered:

public function orderPlace($observer){
    $order = $observer->getData('order');
    $orderId = $order->getId();
    $this->sendAdminOrderNotification($orderId);
}

Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong? I am using magento 1.9.3.1

Answer 1

You need to change your event in config.xml. Use:

adminhtml_sales_order_create_process_data

OR

sales_order_save_after

Updated config.xml

<global>
<events>
    <sales_order_save_after>
        <observers>
            <adminneworderemail_order_place>
                <type>singleton</type>
                <class>adminneworderemail/observer</class>
                <method>orderPlace</method>
            </adminneworderemail_order_place>
        </observers>
    </sales_order_save_after>
</events>