Email to customer on manual activation (backend 1.7.x)

[2of7]

Hello to all,
I am at my first message and also at my first experiences with Prestashop.

I'm using version 1.7 and I've already done some customizations (I did my best!).

Now, I would like to send an email to the customer to advise that his account has been activated.
I must therefore intercept when the administrator clicks on the "X" in the customer backend list.

I have already found several (old) discussions about this and I have already seen the files that should go into this process.
I know that I have to copy an email template and I know how Prestashop uses to send, but this time I can not figure out how to hook this part to the action of the admin.

Can someone give me directions and suggestions?

Thanks in advance

PS: I prefer not to use a module already made for this

Edited June 16, 2018 by 2of7 (see edit history)

[2of7]

Hi to all,

this can be marked as resolved.

I'm not a programmer but I want to share what I did with you.

I have two user groups: private and company.
Privates can register at the store without problems while companies are under approval.

So, first of all, when the user chooses the group in the form I set a cookie (I add it to the Prestashop cookies), then in a module, I use hookCreateAccount to update their default group and the groups array.

Next, with another module and the actionObjectCustomerUpdateAfter and actionObjectCustomerUpdateBefore checking the status update from the customer card in the backend, if it changes and becomes 1 then I send the email to the user confirming the approval.

Well, maybe there are better ways to do this but it can be a solution.

[El Patron]

I think then you would appreciate this solution

https://addons.prestashop.com/en/private-sales-flash-sales/28906-private-shop-authorized-clients-only.html

 

This was my first module years ago...how time flies..

[2of7]

Thank you El Patron, I also take a look