Custom Checkout Fields on Invoice

Hello Eganet,
Are the custom fields showing up under the custom fields section on the edit order page?

If not, they’re probably hidden fields, in that case you need to put a leading underscore, like this:

<?php $wpo_wcpdf->custom_field('_billing_pickup', 'Pickup Location', true); ?>

If they are showing up there, make sure that you use the exact same name that is listed there!

Dear Ewout,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Yes all my custom fields show up under custom field section as you can see from this image

You can also see the back end image of the Checkout Field Editor setting.

I have even tried putting the leading underscore but to no avail.

Just don’t know what else to do.

Will be grateful for any solution.

Thanks.

Hello,
That’s odd, I’m not sure what’s causing this.
I just did a test with the WooCommerce Checkout Field Editor (the one from WooThemes), and my test field (called ‘billing_test’), shows up nicely.
I also checked the database, and it’s saved under the exact name that I entered in the WooCommerce Checkout Field Editor
Maybe there’s a space (or more) after the field name? (so ‘billing_pickup ‘ instead of ‘billing_pickup’). You should be able see this when you select the custom field name in the edit order screen (ctrl+a in the field).

I hope you can find the cause of this issue!

Yeah! it’s really odd.

Checked again, but no space as you can see:
<?php $wpo_wcpdf->custom_field(‘billing_pickup’, ‘Pickup Location’, true); ?>

Do you think the problem could be coming from the Checkout Field Editor plugin or from my host server or my Theme or what?

I even tried a similar plugin like yours but the same problem.

I actually meant a space in the checkout field settings, so you’d have to add a space. Just make sure that it’s exactly the same (that’s why I wrote to do ctrl+a in the field, then copy).

<?php $wpo_wcpdf->custom_field('billing_pickup ', 'Pickup Location', true); ?>

I don’t think it’s a problem with the field editor plugin as I was not able to replicate it. I still think it’s an error in the name, but I can’t rule out the other causes.

Even with the space no solution.

This makes me sick!

try this at the top of your template:

<?php die('<pre>'.print_r(get_post_meta($this->order->id),true).'</pre>'); ?>

This will output all the data that is saved in the order.
Do you see your custom fields, or anything that looks like it there?

You mean the invoice template (themes/icommerce/woocommerce/PDF/Simple/invoice.php)?

OK let me give it a try.

Will keep you posted

I have added but it still haven’t solve the problem.

Ewout, if you don’t mind can I send you my ftp or wp dashboard login via your email so you can take a look at the problem?

I really want to get this done.

Thanks

sure, send some admin credentials to [email protected] and I’ll take a peek!

Admin credentials sent.

Thanks

Hello Godden,
Problem Solved!
I’m not sure what you did, but I did not see a custom template (!) and also did not see any modifications to the simple template either!

I added the code that you posted in your very first post and it worked! The funny thing is that you can retrieve the values both with the leading underscore (_billing_pickup) and without underscore (billing_pickup) which you should have seen when you added this:

<?php die('<pre>'.print_r(get_post_meta($this->order->id),true).'</pre>'); ?>

But I think you never saw that because you have been editing the wrong file all along!

Either way, I have made the modifications straight in the simple template now – I recommend that you copy these to your (child) theme under a different name so that they don’t get overwritten on update.

I ended up doing the formatting a little bit different so that it’s in line with the other fields listed there, by repeating the payment-label class:

<span class="order-payment-label">Pickup Location:</span>
<?php $wpo_wcpdf->custom_field('billing_pickup', '', true); ?><br/>
<span class="order-payment-label">Destination:</span>
<?php $wpo_wcpdf->custom_field('billing_destination', '', true); ?><br/>
<span class="order-payment-label">Date:</span>
<?php $wpo_wcpdf->custom_field('billing_date', '', true); ?><br/>
<span class="order-payment-label">Time:</span>
<?php $wpo_wcpdf->custom_field('billing_time', '', true); ?><?php global $wpo_wcpdf; ?>

Woah!! It works. Thank you so so much!

I knew I wasn’t doing something right. Probably I got it wrong from step 1, which involved creating a custom template.

Any way I got the result I wanted. I will copy the template to my child theme as you recommend.

You don’t just have a great plugin, you got great support as well ??

Thanks!