Plugin adds meta data to cart

Hi @arconsulting,

You are accessing it in the wrong way. Meta is saved in another table of woo-commerce. If you wish to access the meta field you show access you should be clear where it is saved. Their is two possibilities first it saves in order meta or in item meta.

Here is the code to get it from both

//from item meta
foreach ($order->get_items() as $item_id => $item ) {

    echo $item->get_meta('meta_key');
}
//from order meta
get_post_meta($order->ID,'meta_key',false);

I hope this will help you. If stuck somewhere feel free to ask again

Thank you

Very helpful, but can one access this while items are in the cart or only after the order is complete? I ask because I am trying to ensure the customer adds the item to the cart correctly before proceeding. Was going to make sure the metadata is in the cart.

Hi @arconsulting,

You can access the metadata while adding to the cart too, you just need to access it at the right hook.

You can use this code

function zwk_get_item_meta( $title, $cart_item ){
    $_product = $cart_item['data'];
    $meta     = $_product->get_meta( 'meta_key', true );
    return $title;
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_cart_item_name', 'zwk_get_item_meta', 10, 2 );

You can also access the metadata by accessing the session of woocommerce of on the cart page hook. Here’s a reference

foreach( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item ) {
  var_dump( $cart_item );
  var_dump( WC()->cart->get_item_data( $cart_item ) );
}

You can directly use this function too.

Thank you