I am going absolutely insane with this one, I cannot for the life of me figure out why I am not receiving the string content.

var_dump is outputting the correct result perfectly, yet the content for $havemeta is empty. Really need some input.

add_action( 'woocommerce_before_main_content', 'shopping_location_text', 10 );
    global $current_user;
    get_currentuserinfo(); // wordpress global variable to fetch logged in user info
    $userID = $current_user->ID; // logged in user's ID
    $havemeta = get_user_meta($userID, 'location_select', true); // stores the value of logged in user's meta data for 'location_select'.
    var_dump($havemeta);

        function shopping_location_text() {
          if( is_shop() ) {
            print '<p class="shopping-location-text">YOUR ARE CURRENTLY SHOPPING IN <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700;COLOR: #fa4516;">' . $havemeta . '</span></p>';
          }
}

I am going absolutely insane with this one, I cannot for the life of me figure out why I am not receiving the string content.

var_dump is outputting the correct result perfectly, yet the content for $havemeta is empty. Really need some input.

add_action( 'woocommerce_before_main_content', 'shopping_location_text', 10 );
    global $current_user;
    get_currentuserinfo(); // wordpress global variable to fetch logged in user info
    $userID = $current_user->ID; // logged in user's ID
    $havemeta = get_user_meta($userID, 'location_select', true); // stores the value of logged in user's meta data for 'location_select'.
    var_dump($havemeta);

        function shopping_location_text() {
          if( is_shop() ) {
            print '<p class="shopping-location-text">YOUR ARE CURRENTLY SHOPPING IN <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700;COLOR: #fa4516;">' . $havemeta . '</span></p>';
          }
}

• php
• custom-field
• meta-query
• user-meta

Share Improve this question asked Aug 20, 2019 at 4:05 BruceBrain21BruceBrain21 1522 bronze badges 2

• Does the "YOUR ARE CURRENTLY SHOPPING" text display? – Jacob Peattie Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 4:06
• Yes perfectly! That is what is driving me insane. – BruceBrain21 Commented Aug 20, 2019 at 4:09

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The $havemeta variable isn't defined inside your shopping_location_text() function, so it isn't available for use there.

For a quick fix (or for testing/toying) you can move your code inside the function, like this:

add_action( 'woocommerce_before_main_content', 'shopping_location_text', 10 );
function shopping_location_text() {
    global $current_user;
    get_currentuserinfo(); // wordpress global variable to fetch logged in user info
    $userID = $current_user->ID; // logged in user's ID
    $havemeta = get_user_meta($userID, 'location_select', true); // stores the value of logged in user's meta data for 'location_select'.
    //var_dump($havemeta);
    if( is_shop() ) {
        print '<p class="shopping-location-text">YOUR ARE CURRENTLY SHOPPING IN <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700;COLOR: #fa4516;">' . $havemeta . '</span></p>';
    }
}