Email Notification when a new customer has been added - Magento

Question

I would like to send an email notification to my store\'s contact email address every time when a new customer has been Registered.

I don\'t want to purchase any kin

Answer 1

Best practice is to use Magento's event system.

app/etc/modules/Your_Module.xml

    
        
            true
            local
        
    

app/core/local/Your/Module/etc/config.xml

    
        
            
                Your_Module_Model
            
        
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        model
                        your_module/observer
                        customerSaveAfter
                    
                
            
        
    

app/code/local/Your/Module/Model/Observer.php

getCustomer()->getData();

        //email address from System > Configuration > Contacts
        $contactEmail = Mage::getStoreConfig('contacts/email/recipient_email');

        //Mail sending logic here.
        /*
           EDIT: AlphaCentauri reminded me - Forgot to mention that
           you will want to test that the object is new. I **think**
           that you can do something like:
        */
        if (!$o->getCustomer()->getOrigData()) {
            //customer is new, otherwise it's an edit 
        }
    }
}

EDIT: Note the edit in the code - as AlphaCentauri pointed out, the customer_save_after event is fired for both inserts and updates. The _origData conditional logic should allow you to incorporate his mailing logic. _origData will be null.