Magento 2 : getCustomAttribute() returning Object insted of Value

Question

I am using customer repository interface, to fetch some values, of the customer.

I have added a custom attribute "Authnet_Account_Number".

I am trying to fetch the value of it by,

$customer = $this->_customerRepository->getById($customerId);
$authnetAccountNumber = $customer->getCustomAttribute("authnet_account_number");

But when I print $authnetAccountNumber,

it is showing value "object"

Answer 1

you can get Value of attribute by getValue function

$customer = $this->_customerRepository->getById($customerId);
$customer->getCustomAttribute('authnet_account_number')->getValue(); 

$customer->getCustomAttribute('authnet_account_number') is always have object in return

i am sure it will work for you.

Answer 2

See also using getCustomAttribute which is not recommended

• https://www.integer-net.com/performance-trap-magento-2-getcustomattribute-function/

Instead try

$authnetAccountNumber = $customer->getData('authnet_account_number');
// or
$authnetAccountNumber = $customer->getAuthnetAccountNumber();