Adding new customer from backend not inserting store id

Question

I am using magento 1.7.0.2. I am having issue regarding store id. When I add new customer from front end by sign up it adds store id in "Customer Entity" table. But When I try to add customer from backend manually it doesn't insserts 'store id' in "Customer Entity" table.It inserss '0' when adding with admin.

Answer 1

It is simple. go to /app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/CustomerController.php and just before //send welcome email part

// Mage::dispatchEvent('adminhtml_customer_prepare_save', array(
//                    'customer'  => $customer,
//                    'request'   => $this->getRequest()
//                ));

And put following code there.

$storeId = $customer->getSendemailStoreId();
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($storeId);
$customer->save(); 

That's it now you can choose store from backend and will also be inserted in to customer_entity table.

solution find from phprocks

Answer 2

I think that for admin created users Magento gets store id dynamically and uses websites default store. You can only set website to which a customer belongs.

Answer 3

The store ID just shows where the account was created. There's no way in the backend to change that value, from what I saw. You can, of course, change the value in the database, and it will reflect the change under the customer's "Personal Information" > "Account Created in:" in the backend view.

You can change the customer's store programmatically like so (not tested):

$customer = Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->loadByEmail($customer_email);
$customer->setStore(Mage::app()->getStore());
$customer->save();

Answer 4

For a Magento 1.4.1.1, I have done an overload module in order to modify the behaviour of this controller. But if in the file app/code/local/Aetaebc/Adminhtml/controllers/CustomerController.php In public function saveAction() I put:

// Mage::dispatchEvent('adminhtml_customer_prepare_save', array(
//                    'customer'  => $customer,
//                    'request'   => $this->getRequest()
//                ));

and

$storeId = $customer->getSendemailStoreId();
Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($storeId);
$customer->save(); 

as proposed by phprocks The store_id is good but it's impossible to send an email with a new password to the customer via the Magento backoffice.

So, for my usage, I decided to just force the $tore _Id value.

.../...
            Mage::dispatchEvent('adminhtml_customer_prepare_save',
                array('customer' => $customer, 'request' => $this->getRequest())
            );

            $storeId = 4; // force StoreId 
            Mage::app()->setCurrentStore($storeId); 

            $customer->save();
.../...

It's not ideal but it works .