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Hi can anyone please help.

I'm no computer buff and need a step-by-step guide if possible.

In getting this error on my product pages:

Warning: Undefined variable $post_id in /customers/5/f/d/haveitpersonalised/httpd.www/wp-content/plugins/extra-product-addons-for-woocommerce/App/Helpers/FieldsFromCategoryPosts.php on line 47

this is the PHP-file:

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit; // Exit if accessed directly

class FieldsFromCategoryPosts{
    
    public static function getFieldsFromCategoryPosts($category_id, &$post_found_ids, $exclude_id = null){

        $post_type = EPAFW_POST_TYPE;
        $fields_json = [];
    
        $args = array(
            'post_type' => $post_type,
            'posts_per_page' => -1,
            'tax_query' => array(
                array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
                    'field' => 'id',
                    'terms' => $category_id,
                ),
            ),
        );
    
        $posts_with_category = get_posts($args);
    
        if (!empty($posts_with_category)) {
            foreach ($posts_with_category as $post) {
                $post_id = $post->ID;
                
                // Check if the post ID has already been processed.
                if (!in_array($post_id, $post_found_ids)) {
                    if (get_post_status($post_id) == 'publish' && ($exclude_id === null || $post_id !== $exclude_id)) {
                        $fields_json[] = json_decode(get_post_meta($post_id, EPAFW_FORM_META_KEY, true));
                    }
                    // Append the post ID to the array to mark it as processed.
                    $post_found_ids[] = $post_id;
                }
            }
        }  
        // echo "<pre>";
        // var_dump($post_id);
        // echo "</pre>";
        $fields = array_merge(...$fields_json);
        return array(
            'post_id' => $post_id,
            'fields' => $fields,

Any help much appreciated Thank you

Hi can anyone please help.

I'm no computer buff and need a step-by-step guide if possible.

In getting this error on my product pages:

Warning: Undefined variable $post_id in /customers/5/f/d/haveitpersonalised.com/httpd.www/wp-content/plugins/extra-product-addons-for-woocommerce/App/Helpers/FieldsFromCategoryPosts.php on line 47

this is the PHP-file:

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit; // Exit if accessed directly

class FieldsFromCategoryPosts{
    
    public static function getFieldsFromCategoryPosts($category_id, &$post_found_ids, $exclude_id = null){

        $post_type = EPAFW_POST_TYPE;
        $fields_json = [];
    
        $args = array(
            'post_type' => $post_type,
            'posts_per_page' => -1,
            'tax_query' => array(
                array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
                    'field' => 'id',
                    'terms' => $category_id,
                ),
            ),
        );
    
        $posts_with_category = get_posts($args);
    
        if (!empty($posts_with_category)) {
            foreach ($posts_with_category as $post) {
                $post_id = $post->ID;
                
                // Check if the post ID has already been processed.
                if (!in_array($post_id, $post_found_ids)) {
                    if (get_post_status($post_id) == 'publish' && ($exclude_id === null || $post_id !== $exclude_id)) {
                        $fields_json[] = json_decode(get_post_meta($post_id, EPAFW_FORM_META_KEY, true));
                    }
                    // Append the post ID to the array to mark it as processed.
                    $post_found_ids[] = $post_id;
                }
            }
        }  
        // echo "<pre>";
        // var_dump($post_id);
        // echo "</pre>";
        $fields = array_merge(...$fields_json);
        return array(
            'post_id' => $post_id,
            'fields' => $fields,

Any help much appreciated Thank you

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Try this instead:

$posts_with_category = new WP_Query( $args );

if( $posts_with_category->have_posts() ) {

Instead of just checking if $posts_with_category is non-empty it checks if it's an array of WP_Post objects.

We don't have line numbers to see where the error is being thrown. Is line 47 your return statement?

The error Warning: Undefined variable $post_id occurs because the $post_id variable is being used in the return statement even though it may not have been defined or initialized in the loop. This can happen if $posts_with_category is empty, causing the loop to never execute and thus leaving $post_id undefined.

To fix this, you need to ensure that $post_id is defined before you attempt to use it, even if the loop doesn't run.

Step-by-Step Fix

Initialize the $post_id variable before the loop. This ensures that $post_id always has a value, even if the loop doesn't execute.

Return a sensible value if there are no posts found. This could be null or some other indicator that no posts were found.

Here’s how you can modify your code:

if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit; // Exit if accessed directly

class FieldsFromCategoryPosts {

    public static function getFieldsFromCategoryPosts($category_id, &$post_found_ids, $exclude_id = null) {

        $post_type = EPAFW_POST_TYPE;
        $fields_json = [];
        $post_id = null; // Initialize $post_id with null

        $args = array(
            'post_type' => $post_type,
            'posts_per_page' => -1,
            'tax_query' => array(
                array(
                    'taxonomy' => 'product_cat',
                    'field' => 'id',
                    'terms' => $category_id,
                ),
            ),
        );

        $posts_with_category = get_posts($args);

        if (!empty($posts_with_category)) {
            foreach ($posts_with_category as $post) {
                $post_id = $post->ID;

                // Check if the post ID has already been processed.
                if (!in_array($post_id, $post_found_ids)) {
                    if (get_post_status($post_id) == 'publish' && ($exclude_id === null || $post_id !== $exclude_id)) {
                        $fields_json[] = json_decode(get_post_meta($post_id, EPAFW_FORM_META_KEY, true));
                    }
                    // Append the post ID to the array to mark it as processed.
                    $post_found_ids[] = $post_id;
                }
            }
        }  

        $fields = !empty($fields_json) ? array_merge(...$fields_json) : []; // Handle empty $fields_json

        return array(
            'post_id' => $post_id,  // This will be null if no post was found
            'fields' => $fields,
        );
    }
}

Explanation

Initialization of $post_id:

Before the loop, $post_id is initialized to null. This avoids the warning and makes it clear that if no posts are found, $post_id will remain null. Handling of $fields_json:

The array_merge(...$fields_json) is only executed if $fields_json is not empty. If it's empty, $fields is set to an empty array.

Return Values:

If no posts match the criteria, the function will return null for post_id and an empty array for fields. This is a sensible default that you can handle elsewhere in your code.

Result

This should eliminate the Undefined variable $post_id warning and provide a more robust and predictable function. If you need to handle the case where no posts are found differently, you can check for null in the calling code.

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