phpwordpresswoocommercemetadataorders

Update custom order item meta in WooCommerce


I am missing something. I have seen several articles about how to update an items meta data but I can't get any one of them to work. I need to get the item_id but I can't figure out how to do that.

$your_phone = $item->get_meta('dinner_phone'); // 1115559999
$update_phone = wdc_format_phone($your_phone); // comes back (111) 555-9999

wc_update_order_item_meta($item_id,'dinner_phone', $update_phone); //I want to update with new format

$new_phone = $item->get_meta('dinner_phone'); // doesn't work I still get 1115559999

I have tried to pull the Item_id by the following

foreach ( $items as $item ) {
    $product_id = $item->get_product_id();
    $item_id = $item['item_id'];
    break;
}

Also tried this

    foreach ($items as $key => $product ) {
      $item_id = $key;
   }

Solution

  • You will use the following from an existing WC_Order Object $order variable:

    foreach ( $order->get_items() as $item ) {
        $dinner_phone   = $item->get_meta('dinner_phone'); // 1115559999
        if ( ! empty( $dinner_phone ) ) {
            $formatted_diner_phone = wdc_format_phone( $dinner_phone ); // comes back (111) 555-9999
    
            $item->update_meta_data('dinner_phone', $formatted_diner_phone);
    
            $item->save(); // Save item
    
            $new_phone = $item->get_meta('dinner_phone');
            echo $new_phone; // Check that items is updated
        }
        $order->calculate_totals(); // Recalculate Order totals and save
    }
    

    It should work.