Magento 2 add customer group as Email Template variable

Question

In magento 2 it is possible to create Email Template variables, however, those variables are html or plain text.

I'd like to create a variable containing the user group, so i can use this variable to show different text for different user groups.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

If you want to do a comparisons like this: {{if customer.getGroupId()==2}}Group 2{{else}})Group 1{{/if}} than you'll need to rewrite this class: \Magento\Framework\Filter\Template which is the equivalent of Magento 1's lib/Varien/Filter/Template.php. This class did not change much for years. It's been like this since Magento 1 was released. You can add your preference in di.xml for \Magento\Framework\Filter\Template. It seems that there were some edits in Magento 2.3.x. They introduced a 'loop' directive.

I created these snippets. https://gist.github.com/daniel-ifrim/74a0310c6acd9f664381c895bf0fcb35 The code should be maintained on Magento 2 upgrades. Basically compare the filter method and the constants took from the original class.

A Magento 1 code snippet. Originally was tested for customer address summary. With little more code (class rewrite) it should work with emails too. https://gist.github.com/daniel-ifrim/420cfffc28a4c0ca29b7e3c4a18a98a6

Answer 2

Since you want specific content for each user group, simply create multiple Email Template with different contents. Then While sending Email using TransportBuilder, just change the templates based on customer user groups.

 $transport = $this->_transportBuilder
        ->setTemplateIdentifier('send_email_email_template') // this code we have mentioned in the email_templates.xml
        ->setTemplateOptions(
            [
                'area' => \Magento\Framework\App\Area::AREA_FRONTEND, // this is using frontend area to get the template file
                'store' => \Magento\Store\Model\Store::DEFAULT_STORE_ID,
            ]
        )
        ->setTemplateVars(['data' => $postObject])
        ->setFrom($sender)
        ->addTo($this->scopeConfig->getValue(self::XML_PATH_EMAIL_RECIPIENT, $storeScope))
        ->getTransport();

Check conditons based on user group and change the template Identifier.

if(userGroup == 'a'){
setTemplateIdentifier('send_email_email_template')
}elseif (userGroup == 'b'){
setTemplateIdentifier('some_other_email_template')
}

Answer 3

Overwrite vendor/magento/module-customer/Model/AccountManagement.php

<preference for="Magento\Customer\Api\AccountManagementInterface"
                type="Mynamespace\Mymodule\Model\AccountManagement" />

check function sendNewAccountEmail()

set the data in $customerEmailData and get into the email template.