How for 'Automated Email Reminder Rules' add to email template cart items

Question

In Magento EE we have "Automated Email Reminder Rules" and standard template. I need add to template - abandonment cart items, But when magento send email (in app/code/core/Enterprise/Reminder/Model/Rule.php::sendReminderEmails (145 line)), for template set variable: $templateVars = array( 'store' => $store, 'coupon' => $coupon, 'customer' => $customer, 'promotion_name' => $storeData['label'], 'promotion_description' => $storeData['description'] ); If i want add cart items i need rewrite this class and add to template variable cart entity?

Maybe someone will offer another solution?

Answer 1

I think that you could create a block that render the items in the shopping cart and call it in your template. Here @David Manners explain how to do something like that

In you email add something like the following.

{{block type='core/template' area='frontend' template='email/template.phtml' items=$items}}

Then in your template add the following.

<?php foreach ($this->getItems() as $_item): ?>
     <p><?php echo $_item['name'] ?></p> <?php endforeach; ?> 

For more information I followed this blog

You can pass the customer as parameter and then in the block search for the shopping cart.