Events & Observer¶

Quick overview how observers work.

Event lookup¶

If you want to add custom logic for customer_login event, add in your config.xml.

Example

<config>
    <global><!-- or adminhtml or frontend -->
        <events>
            <customer_login>
                <observers>
                    <yourNamespace_yourModule>
                        <class>yourShortClass/observer</class>
                        <method>yourMethod</method>
                    </yourNamespace_yourModule>
                </observers>
            </customer_login>
        </events>
    </global>
</config>

Event execution¶

And in your Observer.php.

Example

class YourNamespace_YourModule_Model_Observer
{
    // EVENT customer_login
    public function yourMethod(Varien_Event_Observer $observer)
    {
        $customer = $observer->getData('customer');
    }
}

Development¶

For debugging dispatched events, add a xdebug breakpoint to class Mage

Tip

public static function dispatchEvent($name, array $data = [])
{
    Varien_Profiler::start('DISPATCH EVENT:' . $name);
    $result = self::app()->dispatchEvent($name, $data);
    Varien_Profiler::stop('DISPATCH EVENT:' . $name);
    return $result;
}