How to retrieve value of multi-select custom product attribute?

Question

I created a new drop-down custom product attribute and placed it in an attribute set. and I'm trying to retrieve its value programmatically in Magento 2. The name of said attribute is "ee_qty_custom" but for some reason, I always get either 1 or an empty array when I use any and all functions including:

1. getattribute('ee_qty_custom')
2. getattributetext('ee_qty_custom')
3. getData('ee_qty_custom')

Here is the code for some of what I tried enter image description here

• Pawan: did you tried getEeCustomQty() ?
• Zyzzx: @Pawan This method doesnt show up in my compiler. And the name you put doesn't match the name OR label of my product attribute.
• Pawan: it is standard way to get attribute..just used name which you put in question.
• Zyzzx: @Pawan if you say so, then please provide a coding answer and ill test it and if it works ill mark your answer as the correct one
• Pawan: I have added my comment as an answer..make sure Used in Product Listing set to yes in Storefront Properties of attribute!

Answer 1

You can get the atrribute value by:

<?php echo $_product->getEeCustomQty();?>
<?php echo $_product->getattributetext('ee_custom_qty');?>

First code will give you the value of option and second one will give you text. Both code should work.

Tip: If your code is not showing on front, make sure you set Used in Product Listing to yes in Storefront Properties of attribute!

• Zyzzx: Ive already tried the 2nd line and you can see in the screenshot that it didn't return ANY value. But I'm now trying the first and i wanted to ask something, given that my attribute is called "ee_qty_custom" is the function supposed to be $this->logger->debug('ok last chance: ' . $this->product->getEeQtyCustom()); or $this->logger->debug('ok last chance: ' . $this->product->getEe_Qty_Custom()); or $this->logger->debug('ok last chance: ' . $this->product->getee_qty_custom()); Please also note that im using events and observers NOT template files.
• Pawan: are you able to get default attribute values ? i.e. geSku(). the correct one is getEeQtyCustom() and getattributetext('ee_custom_qty')
• Zyzzx: Actually, and as i said, i was using events and observers. The event I was using only returned the accurate ORDER object not the product object. So Now, it does work but I had to do this "$product->Load($order->getItemId())" IN order to get the object of the product I wanted which in turn gave me the values I needed. So, while your answer isn't correct, its the closest one to it. Thanks for the help!