Customer Attribute Value not Option_ID

Question

i have add a customer attribute Salesman (select type, admin will asign salesman to customer at backend from list), any customer will have asigned a salesman who is responsible for contact with this customer.

Problem is, when i'm trying to access this attribute, i only get option_id number.

app/code/local/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Customer/Grid.php
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 $this->addColumn('salesman', array(
            'header'    => 'Salesman',
            'index'     => 'salesman'
        ));

returns number not a text value.

accessing this way:

$customerObj  = Mage::getModel('customer/entity_attribute ')->load($customer_id);
$attr = $customerObj->getAttributes('salesman');

returns the same number "option_id".

Is there any way to access value of this specific attribute? I would not preffer to change all select attributes to return value :)

Can anyone help me with it? All previous replies for similar questions, wasn't helpful.

Answer 1

Try

$attributeCode = 'salesman';

$customerObj  = Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->load($customer_id);

$textvalue = $customerObj->getResource()
            ->getAttribute($attributeCode)
                ->getSource()
                    ->getOptionText($this->getData($attributeCode));

OR

$customerObj  = Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->load($customer_id);

$attribute = Mage::getSingleton('eav/config')->getAttribute('customer', 'salesman');

$text = $attribute->getSource()->getOptionText($customerObj->getSalesman());