WC_Product::get_post_data is deprecated since version 3.0! Use get_post instead.

[Christian Thomson]

Hi there,

I have a function in functions.php that used to display the tickets description in the email notifications, but now I get the following error:

WC_Product::get_post_data is deprecated since version 3.0! Use get_post instead.

The function is:

function add_ticket_description( $order ) {

  	 	foreach($order->get_items() as $item) {
  	 		$ticket_id = $item['product_id'];
			$product = new WC_Product( $ticket_id );
  	 		$product_data = $product->get_post_data();
  	 		$ticket_description = $product_data->post_excerpt;
  	 		$product_id = $product_data->id;
  	 		 
  	 		$main_post_id = get_post_meta($ticket_id, '_tribe_wooticket_for_event', true );
  	 		$venue_id = get_post_meta($main_post_id, '_EventVenueID', true );
  			$venue_address = get_post_meta($venue_id, '_VenueAddress', true );
			$venue_city = get_post_meta($venue_id, '_VenueCity', true );
			$venue_phone = get_post_meta($venue_id, '_VenuePhone', true );

			if ($ticket_description != ''){
				echo "<br><h2>Course Details: </h2>".$ticket_description;
				echo $venue_address.", ".$venue_city;
				echo"<br>".$venue_phone;
			}
  	 	}
		
}

I’ve updated the WooCommerce and Woo Tickets plugins to the latest version on my test site. Is it possible to fix this function so it works? By simply replacing

$product = new WC_Product( $ticket_id );
$product_data = $product->get_post_data();

with

$product = new WC_Product( $ticket_id );
$product_data = $product->post_data();

I get a fatal error, and the page loses the CSS styling:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method WC_Product::post_data() in /public_html/test_site/wp-content/themes/theme-name/functions.php on line 229

By the way, I’m using the plugin WooCommerce Email Test to test how the email notifications look.

Thanks in advance!
Cintia

[Cliff]

Hi, Christian.

We no longer have the WooTickets plugin, but I think you mean Event Tickets Plus (its successor).

The error you’re seeing comes from this code: https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/3.2.1/includes/legacy/abstract-wc-legacy-product.php#L398

I’m unsure when this code is running, since I didn’t see an action or filter hook used.

However, you might want to see what $product is. You may be able to just drop the $product_data = $product->post_data(); line and then update the rest of your code to be compatible with WooCommerce version 3. For example, you’d do $product->get_id()

You should familiarize yourself with https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/3.2.1/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-product.php and with https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/3.2.1/includes/abstracts/abstract-wc-data.php

Please let me know how this goes for you.

[Christian Thomson]

Hi Cliff,

I wasn’t able to figure that out… however I found a code snippet that adds the date to the event in the order details, and that does the trick for me. I got it from here:
https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/adding-the-event-date-to-ticket-emails/

Thanks!
Cintia

[Cliff]

Excellent! I’m glad you found and were satisfied with that resource.

Have a great rest of your week.

[Author]

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