Can't get order object in sales_order_place_after observer method

Question

I'm trying to hook into the sales_order_place_after method in my observer and save information about the just placed order into a new database table. I'm able to hook into the event successfully, but when I try to access the order object, I keep getting the error User Error: Some transactions have not been committed or rolled back.

This is my config.xml:

  <sales_order_place_after>
    <observers>
      <myaction_save_order>
        <type>singleton</type>
        <class>mymodule/observer</class>
        <method>saveOrderIdToAttendees</method>
      </myaction_save_order>
    </observers>
  </sales_order_place_after>

This works fine. The problem I'm getting is in my observer:

public function saveOrderIdToAttendees($observer) {
    $this->getHelper()->log('Helloooo');

    $order = $observer->getEvent()->getOrder();

    $this->getHelper()->log($order);
}

For some reason I don't even have access to the getEvent() method. I've tried logging just the $observer->getEvent() object and that gives me the same error.

Can you add your entire config.xml – MagePal Extensions Oct 08 '14 at 16:16 — MagePal Extensions, Oct 08 '14 at 16:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 02 '16 at 10:38

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I suggest the event checkout_submit_all_after in this case. As far as a I know sales_order_place_after is triggered when you have placed an order using Multishipping but checkout_submit_all_after will always get triggered.

<global>
<events>
        <checkout_submit_all_after>
            <observers>
                <myaction_save_order>
                    <class>mymodule/observer</class>
                    <method>saveOrderIdToAttendees</method>
                </myaction_save_order>
            </observers>
        </checkout_submit_all_after>
    </events>
</global>

and use

 $order = $observer->getEvent()->getData('order');

edited Feb 02 '16 at 10:38

Vivek Khandelwal

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answered Oct 08 '14 at 16:20

Amit Bera

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Thank you! This worked for me. Just curious, is there any particular reason to take out the <type>singleton</type>? – ZeLoubs Oct 08 '14 at 16:58
http://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/34395/magento-event-observers-singleton-versus-model – Amit Bera Oct 08 '14 at 17:00
hi you can use singleton – Amit Bera Oct 08 '14 at 17:02
@AmitBera will this event only trigger after payment process? – Anto S Jul 30 '15 at 06:38
no immediate after order place.. – Amit Bera Jul 30 '15 at 06:48

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '14 at 16:24

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Sounds like the observer is called before the order is actually saved to the database. Try sales_order_save_commit_after for an event which is called after the MySQL transaction has been completed.

answered Oct 08 '14 at 16:24

Jonathan Hussey

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Can't get order object in sales_order_place_after observer method

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