Attributes is a property that can be used for several Magento 2 store functions.
Magento 2 allows you to create multi-purpose attributes for different entities. In this article, we’ll discuss how to create custom attributes that help to know your customer in a good way.
Magento 2 provides functionalities to create different customer attributes like mobile number, interest/hobbies, and many more using the code below.
Before we begin, make sure to have your own Magento 2 extension. If you have just started out, then check out this tutorial on how to create a simple module in Magento 2.
Steps to add customer attributes programmatically
- Create and register the module
- Create and define the InstallData.php file
- Installing the module
STEP 1: Create And Register The Module
We need to create a registration.php file to register our module.
FILE PATH: app/code/MageSpark/CustomerAttribute/registration.php
<?php
use MagentoFrameworkComponentComponentRegistrar;
ComponentRegistrar::register(
ComponentRegistrar::MODULE,
'MageSpark_CustomerAttribute',
__DIR__
);
Register the module.xml file and define the setup to setup_module table.
FILE PATH: app/code/MageSpark/CustomerAttribute/etc/module.xml
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
<module name="MageSpark_CustomerAttribute" setup_version="1.0.0">
<sequence>
<module name="Magento_Customer"/>
</sequence>
</module>
</config>
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