Get Real Shipment ID

Question

I am able to retrieve the real order id by

$order->getReadlOrderId();

I am unable to find any documentation or posts that show how to get the real shipment id, so far I am only able to get the Id by

$shipment->getId();

And that Id is not the Id shown on the adminhtml grids... any ideas on how I can get the real shipment id?

Answer 1

Try the following:

$shipment->getIncrementId();

In fact, you can use getIncrementId on credit memos and invoices, too.

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After all, getRealOrderId is just an alias for increment_id:

Mage_Sales_Model_Order

public function getRealOrderId()
{
    $id = $this->getData('real_order_id');
    if (is_null($id)) {
        $id = $this->getIncrementId();
    }
    return $id;
}

I'm not sure of the history, but real_order_id looks to be a remnant deprecated by standardization of increment_id - it was once a column value in some modules including the flat order grid.