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

It could be done perfectly with Magento event/ observer system. First of all, register your module.

app/etc/modules/Namespace_Modulename.xml

    
        
            true
            local
        
    

Than write a config file for it.

app/code/local/Namespace/Modulename/etc/config.xml

    
        
            0.0.1
        
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        model
                        unic_class_group_name/observer
                        customerRegisterSuccess
                    
                
            
        
        
            
                Namespace_Modulename_Helper
            
        
    
    
        
            
                Namespace_Modulename_Model
            
        
        
    

Here is a few things happened:

1. A new observer was registered to fire on event customer_register_success (it's dispatched at line 335 in Mage_Customer_AccountController) in frontend/events node. It's better than using customer_save_after, because the last one will fire every time customer is saved, not only when he is registered;
2. A new email template was registered in global/template/email node. To allow us to send a custom email with it.

Next create an email template (file).

app/locale/en_US/template/notify_new_customer.html

Congratulations, a new customer has been registered:

Name: {{var name}}

Email: {{var email}}

...

After that define an observer method.

app/code/local/Namespace/Modulename/Model/Observer.php

class Namespace_Modulename_Model_Observer
{
    public function customerRegisterSuccess(Varien_Event_Observer $observer)
    {
        $emailTemplate  = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')
            ->loadDefault('notify_new_customer');
        $emailTemplate
            ->setSenderName(Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_support/name'))
            ->setSenderEmail(Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_support/email'))
            ->setTemplateSubject('New customer registered');
        $result = $emailTemplate->send(Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/email'),(Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/name'), $observer->getCustomer()->getData());
    }
}

EDIT: as @benmarks pointed out this solution will not work if customer is registered during checkout. The solution to this behavior is described here. But, I think, it's better to use _origData functionality as @benmarks suggested. So use his answer as guideline to achieve what you need.

Useful links:

• Magento custom emails • Inchoo
• Magento - Wiki - Customize Magento using Event/Observer