How to use custom customer variables in transactional email templates in magento? - magento

Question

I have added some custom variables to customer and I want to use them in email template.
Here's example how I have added a variable to customer in my installer:
$setup->addAttribute('customer', 'companyname', array(
'input' => 'text',
'type' => 'varchar',
'label' => 'Company name',
'visible' => 1,
'required' => 1,
'user_defined' => 1,
));
$setup->addAttributeToGroup(
$entityTypeId,
$attributeSetId,
$attributeGroupId,
'companyname',
'999' //sort_order
);
$oAttribute = Mage::getSingleton('eav/config')->getAttribute('customer', 'companyname');
$oAttribute->setData('used_in_forms', array('adminhtml_customer','customer_account_create'));
$oAttribute->save();
I try to use this variable in email template:
{{var order.getCustomer().getCompanyname()}}
But it's not showing. How to make it work?

Answer 1

I done similar task with code like below:
$setup->addAttribute('customer', 'attr_name', array(
'type' => 'int',
'input' => 'select',
'label' => 'Attr label',
'global' => 1,
'visible' => 1,
'required' => 1,
'default' => '0',
'user_defined' => 1,
'visible_on_front' => 1,
));
if (version_compare(Mage::getVersion(), '1.6.0', '<='))
{
$customer = Mage::getModel('customer/customer');
$attrSetId = $customer->getResource()->getEntityType()->getDefaultAttributeSetId();
$setup->addAttributeToSet('customer', $attrSetId, 'General', 'attr_name');
}
if (version_compare(Mage::getVersion(), '1.4.2', '>='))
{
Mage::getSingleton('eav/config')
->getAttribute('customer', 'attr_name')
->setData('used_in_forms', array('customer_account_create'))
->save();
}
Next have tested it (right now) within "Order new" email {{var order.getCustomer().getAttrName()}} and have got correct value.
Try it, might it helps to you.