Magento2: $customer->getOrigData() return null in customer_save_before event

[hiephm]

Steps to reproduce

1. Create an observer to observe customer_save_before event
2. Save customer in backend, check the customer object in observer

$customer = $observer->getEvent()->getCustomer();

Expected result

$customer->getOrigData() should return data before save, so that we can compare with updated data to perform some logic.

Actual result

$customer->getOrigData() return null because it never loaded.
Currently I have to work-around by load customer again in observer.

[palamar]

@hiephm
Please, provide the used version. If the problem is actual for a specific tag, please, specify it and be sure that the latest update was used.

[palamar]

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[experius-nl]

@palamar I am having the exact same issue as hiephm, I think it has something to do with the fact that the customer admin controller uses the customer repository to load a customer. Because if I reload the entire customer in the observer via the customer model it contains the OrigData.

We are running on Magento 2.1.0 and are using the same event customer_save_after as hiephm.

[ksz2013]

Same issue here as well. Is there a workaround to check if data was saved on a customer ?
As previously mentioned in the observer the OrigData is null... can't use the dataHasChangedFor on the customer object

[ksz2013]

@experius-nl have you managed to find a workaround for this? I am having this issue on the frontend as well. Tried a workaround with aroundSave plugin on the resourceModel but same issue.... origData is empty there as wel..

[hiephm]

@ksz2013: you need to load customer explicitly in customer_save_before event handler.

[Weltpixel]

That's possible, but it is an additional overload, what is the purpose of the origData if it is not containing the proper values?

[slavvka]

Could you please clarify do you save a new customer or an existent one?

[hiephm]

@slavvka it's existent customer, that why I expected $customer->getOrigData() should return original data. This behavior (likely a bug) is simply because customer is never loaded.

[slavvka]

The problem must be fixed on the latest mainline. Could you please check that? Soon it will be backported to 2.0 and 2.1

[veloraven]

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[TheFrankman]

This still hasn't been resolved in 2.1.1

[eInyzant]

This still happen in 2.1.5 :(

[jaykobi]

Still happens in 2.1.7

[pfortin-expertime]

This is fixed on 2.1.2, in your observer:

$customerData = $observer->getEvent()->getData('customer');
$newData = $customerData->getData('xxx_data');
$previousData = $customerData->getOrigData('xxx_data');

[milansimek]

Issue is still present in 2.1.7 and 2.2 rc

[radub]

Issue still present in M2.3

[crazylink]

Have you planed to fix it ?

[willstorm]

Alternatively, if you can use the event after saving the customer. Use the customer_save_after_data_object event. It is defined in module-customer/Model/ResourceModel/CustomerRepository.php on line 274.
The parameters it passes are customer_data_object and orig_customer_data_object.

[matheusgontijo]

Thanks @willstorm !!!