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I´m now trying to add a custom attribute for like 5 hours now. It drives me nuts that I dont find the solution hope you can help me.

I want a custom attribute to be displayed and saved when the user wants to register in the frontend.

What I did :

1. Create Module

module.xml -> app/code/Magento/CustomerAttribute/etc

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<config  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/etc/module.xsd">

    <module name="Magento_CustomerAttribute"  setup_version="1.0.0">

        <sequence>

            <module name="Magento_Customer"/>

        </sequence>

    </module>

</config>

2. Create InstallData.php with my custom value

InstallData.php -> app/code/Magento/CustomerAttribute/Setup

<?php



namespace MagentoCustomerAttributeSetup;



use MagentoCustomerSetupCustomerSetupFactory;

use MagentoCustomerModelCustomer;

use MagentoEavModelEntityAttributeSet as AttributeSet;

use MagentoEavModelEntityAttributeSetFactory as AttributeSetFactory;

use MagentoFrameworkSetupInstallDataInterface;

use MagentoFrameworkSetupModuleContextInterface;

use MagentoFrameworkSetupModuleDataSetupInterface;

/**

 * @codeCoverageIgnore

 */

class InstallData implements InstallDataInterface

{



    /**

     * @var CustomerSetupFactory

     */

    protected $customerSetupFactory;



    /**

     * @var AttributeSetFactory

     */

    private $attributeSetFactory;



    /**

     * @param CustomerSetupFactory $customerSetupFactory

     * @param AttributeSetFactory $attributeSetFactory

     */

    public function __construct(

        CustomerSetupFactory $customerSetupFactory,

        AttributeSetFactory $attributeSetFactory

    ) {

        $this->customerSetupFactory = $customerSetupFactory;

        $this->attributeSetFactory = $attributeSetFactory;

    }



    /**

     * {@inheritdoc}

     */

    public function install(ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup, ModuleContextInterface $context)

    {



        /** @var CustomerSetup $customerSetup */

        $customerSetup = $this->customerSetupFactory->create(['setup' => $setup]);



        $customerEntity = $customerSetup->getEavConfig()->getEntityType('customer');

        $attributeSetId = $customerEntity->getDefaultAttributeSetId();



        /** @var $attributeSet AttributeSet */

        $attributeSet = $this->attributeSetFactory->create();

        $attributeGroupId = $attributeSet->getDefaultGroupId($attributeSetId);



        $customerSetup->addAttribute(Customer::ENTITY, 'kndnumber', [

            'type' => 'varchar',

            'label' => 'Kunden nummer',

            'input' => 'text',

            'required' => false,

            'visible' => true,

            'user_defined' => true,

            'sort_order' => 1000,

            'position' => 1000,

            'system' => 0,

        ]);



        $attribute = $customerSetup->getEavConfig()->getAttribute(Customer::ENTITY, 'kndnumber')

            ->addData([

                'attribute_set_id' => $attributeSetId,

                'attribute_group_id' => $attributeGroupId,

                'used_in_forms' => ['adminhtml_customer_address', 'customer_address_edit', 'customer_register_address'],

            ]);



        $attribute->save();

    }

}

After running php bin/magento setup:upgrade nothing happens the field was not added to the table customer_entitiy.

I tryed every tutorial on the Internet and still cant get it working. If I could debug that thing it would be a bit easier for developers.

Do you have any suggestions why this script doesnt work?

You'll need to start and stop setup

/**

 * @param ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup

 * @param ModuleContextInterface $context

 * @return void

 */

public function install(ModuleDataSetupInterface $setup, ModuleContextInterface $context)

{

    $setup->startSetup();



    /** @var MagentoQuoteSetupQuoteSetup $quoteInstaller */

    $quoteInstaller = $this->quoteSetupFactory->create(['resourceName' => 'quote_setup', 'setup' => $setup]);



    $quoteInstaller->addAttribute('somename', 'code', ['type' => Table::TYPE_TEXT, 'length' => 255, 'nullable' => true]);



    $setup->endSetup();

}

Customer is an EAV entity which means an attribute is not added to the main table. There should be an entry in eav_attribute with attribute_code set to kndnumber. Values for this attribute will be saved in customer_entity_varchar table.

If you do not see the attribute in the eav_attribute table make sure your module is enabled. You can also remove entry from module_setup table and run installation process once again. Remember that InstallData script will only fire once if there is no entry in setup_module table.