Display order item meta data in custom invoice template – how?

Hi John,
It depends on what you mean by order item meta. In the default template, all item meta should already be printed!

<?php echo $item['meta']; ?>

Is it something else you want to display? Let me know!

Ewout

Thanks Ewout,

I didn’t want all of it. I store a few bits and bobs in there.

I managed to get what I wanted with
wc_get_order_item_meta( $item_id, $key, $single = true )
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to display in a custom invoice template.

Awesome plug-in by the way…
cheers!

Hi John,
Great solution, thanks for sharing!

Ewout

I still don’t get how to use wc_get_order_item_meta() though. Can anybody give an example?

Hi Nyenius,
I can imagine :o) The code posted is not an example code but the function with its relavant parameters.

Here’s an example using meta named ‘Color’:

<?php
$meta_key = 'Color';
echo wc_get_order_item_meta( $item_id, $meta_key, true );
?>

Or if you want to use the pdf template action hooks (rather than a custom template):

add_action( 'wpo_wcpdf_after_item_meta', 'wpo_wcpdf_custom_meta', 10, 3 );
function wpo_wcpdf_custom_meta ( $template_type, $item, $order ) {
    $meta_key = 'Color';
    echo wc_get_order_item_meta( $item['item_id'], $meta_key, true );
}

Hope that helps – enjoy the weekend!
Ewout

Hi Ewout,

I’m trying to get a specific attribute value that I want to display in an e-mail. So this is my code that I use to get the product info from the order and send by e-mail.

foreach($order_items as $product) {
	$price = $order->get_item_total($product, false, false);
        $message .= 'product_' . $product['product_id'] . '_name,' . $product['name'] . '<br>';
        $message .= 'product_' . $product['product_id'] . '_qty,' . $product['qty'] . '<br>';
        $message .= 'product_' . $product['product_id'] . '_total_price,' . wc_format_decimal($price) . '<br><br>';
    }

After the product name I want to display the attribute ‘size’. Any idea how I should do this?

Thx!

Hi! I recommend installing the WooCommerce Store Toolkit so you can find out whether the ‘size’ is stored in the item meta. If it’s really an attribute, check the docs here: Displaying product attributes

Hope that helps!
Ewout