Remove duplicate values from custom column on WooCommerce admin orders list

Question

I have the following code that adds a custom column on WooCommerce admin orders list

add_action( 'manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column', 'inforder_add_new_order_admin_list_column_content' );
 
function inforder_add_new_order_admin_list_column_content( $column ) {
   
    global $post;
 
if ( 'product_order' === $column ) {

        $order = wc_get_order( $post->ID );
        $items = $order->get_items();
        $count = count($items);
        $i = 1;
        foreach($items as $item) {
            if($i==$count) 
                echo $item->get_name();
            else
                echo $item->get_name() .', ';
            $i++;
        }
    }
    
    
}

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But this shows duplicate values. I've tried to avoid this using array_unique(), but unfortunately without the desired result.

Any advice to avoid this?

Answer 1

Your code contains some mistakes

• The manage_edit-shop_order_columns is missing, which is for adding columns
• The manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column has not 1 but 2 parameters, the 2nd contains the $post_id so the use of global $post is not necessary
• You can use in_array(), which checks if a value exists in an array. If this is not the case, we will add this value to the array, this way we avoid duplicate values

So you get:

// Add header
function filter_manage_edit_shop_order_columns( $columns ) {    
    $columns['product_order'] = __( 'Product', 'woocommerce' );

    return $columns;
}
add_filter( 'manage_edit-shop_order_columns', 'filter_manage_edit_shop_order_columns', 10, 1 );

// Display (populate the column)
function action_manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column( $column, $post_id ) {    
    // Compare
    if ( $column == 'product_order' ) {
        // Get order
        $order = wc_get_order( $post_id );
        
        // Initialize
        $names = array();

        // Is a WC_Order
        if ( is_a( $order, 'WC_Order' ) ) {
            // Get items
            $items = $order->get_items();
            
            // Loop through
            foreach ( $items as $key => $item ) {
                // Get name
                $name = $item->get_name();
                
                // NOT in array
                if ( ! in_array( $name, $names, true ) ) {
                    // Push one or more elements onto the end of array
                    array_push( $names, $name );
                }
            }
            
            // NOT empty, print result
            if ( ! empty( $names ) ) {
                // Use implode() function to join comma in the array
                $list = implode( ', ', $names );
                
                // Output
                echo $list;
            }
        }
    }
}
add_action( 'manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column' , 'action_manage_shop_order_posts_custom_column', 10, 2 );