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Prevents checkout if the WooCommerce cart only contains items from a specific category
<?php // only copy this line if needed
/**
* Renders a notice and prevents checkout if the cart
* only contains products in a specific category
*/
function sv_wc_prevent_checkout_for_category() {
// set the slug of the category for which we disallow checkout
$category = 'clothing';
// get the product category
$product_cat = get_term_by( 'slug', $category, 'product_cat' );
// sanity check to prevent fatals if the term doesn't exist
if ( is_wp_error( $product_cat ) ) {
return;
}
$category_name = '<a href="' . get_term_link( $category, 'product_cat' ) . '">' . $product_cat->name . '</a>';
// check if this category is the only thing in the cart
if ( sv_wc_is_category_alone_in_cart( $category ) ) {
// render a notice to explain why checkout is blocked
wc_add_notice( sprintf( 'Hi there! Looks like your cart only contains products from the %1$s category &ndash; you must purchase a product from another category to check out.', $category_name ), 'error' );
}
}
add_action( 'woocommerce_check_cart_items', 'sv_wc_prevent_checkout_for_category' );
/**
* Checks if a cart contains exclusively products in a given category
*
* @param string $category the slug of the product category
* @return bool - true if the cart only contains the given category
*/
function sv_wc_is_category_alone_in_cart( $category ) {
// holds checks for all products in cart to see if they're in our category
$category_checks = array();
// check each cart item for our category
foreach ( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item_key => $cart_item ) {
$product = $cart_item['data'];
$product_in_cat = has_term( $category, 'product_cat', $product->id );
array_push( $category_checks, $product_in_cat );
}
// return true if there are no other categories in the cart
return ! in_array( false, $category_checks, true );
}
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