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WooCommerce: Get Cart Data (total, items, etc) from $cart Object

As a WooCommerce development freelancer, every day I repeat many coding operations that I keep forgetting over and over again!

This means I have to search through the WooCommerce plugin files again and again and waste a lot of precious time.

We’ve already seen how to get $product and $order information from their respective objects , so this time we’ll take a look at the Cart page and answer to: “How to get ____ if I have the $cart variable/object available?“.

For example, “How can I get the cart total“? Or “How can I get the cart items“? Or maybe the cart fees, the applied coupons, the cart contents total, the total weight and so on…

Hopefully this article will help you save time as well! Your feedback via Twitter and the blog comments section is much appreciated. Enjoy!

1. If you have access to $cart variable

Hooks (do_action and apply_filters) use additional arguments which are passed on to the function. If they allow you to use the “$cart” object you’re in business.

But because this is quite rare, we’ll move on to step 2 straight away. Just keep in mind that should you have the “$cart” object at your disposal, this is the exact same as “WC()->cart” object, which you can call globally on any frontend section of your WooCommerce website.

In a nutshell:

$cart = WC()->cart;

2. If you don’t have access to $cart

If you don’t have direct access to the $cart object, you can invoke it globally on any page of your WooCommerce website. That’s the beauty of WC()->cart; the Cart page uses this method for example to load the cart object, and so can you, anywhere you like.

// $cart conditionals (if)
WC()->cart->is_empty()
WC()->cart->needs_payment()
WC()->cart->show_shipping()
WC()->cart->needs_shipping()
WC()->cart->needs_shipping_address()
WC()->cart->display_prices_including_tax()

// Get $cart totals
WC()->cart->get_cart_contents_count();
WC()->cart->get_cart_subtotal();
WC()->cart->subtotal_ex_tax;
WC()->cart->subtotal;
WC()->cart->get_displayed_subtotal();
WC()->cart->get_taxes_total();
WC()->cart->get_shipping_total();
WC()->cart->get_coupons();
WC()->cart->get_coupon_discount_amount( 'coupon_code' );
WC()->cart->get_fees();
WC()->cart->get_discount_total();
WC()->cart->get_total(); // formatted string $123.99 
WC()->cart->get_total( 'edit' ); // unformatted float 123.99
WC()->cart->total;
WC()->cart->get_tax_totals();
WC()->cart->get_cart_contents_tax();
WC()->cart->get_fee_tax();
WC()->cart->get_discount_tax();
WC()->cart->get_shipping_total();
WC()->cart->get_shipping_taxes();
 
// Loop over $cart items
foreach ( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item_key => $cart_item ) {
   $product = $cart_item['data'];
   $product_id = $cart_item['product_id'];
   $variation_id = $cart_item['variation_id'];
   $quantity = $cart_item['quantity'];
   $price = WC()->cart->get_product_price( $product );
   $subtotal = WC()->cart->get_product_subtotal( $product, $cart_item['quantity'] );
   $link = $product->get_permalink( $cart_item );
   // Anything related to $product, check $product tutorial
   $attributes = $product->get_attributes();
   $whatever_attribute = $product->get_attribute( 'whatever' );
   $whatever_attribute_tax = $product->get_attribute( 'pa_whatever' );
   $any_attribute = $cart_item['variation']['attribute_whatever'];
   $meta = wc_get_formatted_cart_item_data( $cart_item );
}

// Get $cart customer billing / shipping
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_first_name();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_last_name();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_company();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_email();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_phone();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_country();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_state();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_postcode();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_city();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_address();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_billing_address_2();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_first_name();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_last_name();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_company();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_country();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_state();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_postcode();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_city();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_address();
WC()->cart->get_customer()->get_shipping_address_2();

// Other stuff
WC()->cart->get_cross_sells();
WC()->cart->get_cart_item_tax_classes_for_shipping();
WC()->cart->get_cart_hash();
WC()->cart->get_customer();

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29 thoughts on “WooCommerce: Get Cart Data (total, items, etc) from $cart Object”

  1. Nilesh

    How to get product name which was included in cart

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Nilesh, you need to loop through the cart items, and then get the product (products) name:

      foreach ( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item_key => $cart_item ) {
   $product = $cart_item['data'];
   $name = $product ? $product->get_name() : '';
}
      Reply
  2. Pierre

    Hello Rodolfo,

    Thank you for all tips.

    Is it possible to add in the cart and order page, a row “Total HT” after the subtotal and shipping?
    What would be the php code?

    Add a “Total HT” excluding VAT line with the order + the shipping cost.
    Subtotal: 200 €.
    Shipping: 100 €.
    Total HT : 300 €

    Thank you

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hello Pierre, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!

      Reply
  3. Ursula Schoerverth

    Since weeks I try to find out the correct typing to send cart informations for checkout in WooCommerce to Pinterest.
    I added in the header after the base tag:

      <script>

pintrk('track', 'Purchase', {'value':'{{cart_total}}', order_quantity: '{{item.quantity}}'
'currency':'EUR'});

</script>

    Big but: These are not the correct variables? Can you help me?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Ursula thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!

      Reply
  4. Angelo

    Hi, thank you for the post, really really really useful.

    I put this in a woocommerce_add_cart_item_data snippet:

        // GET THE PRICE OF THE ADDED PRODUCT
    $added_product = wc_get_product( $product_id );
    $added_product_price = $added_product->get_price();
    
    // GETTING THE TOTAL OF THE CART
    $MCG_current_cart_total = WC()->cart->total;
    
$MCG_cart_total = $MCG_current_cart_total + $added_product_price;

    but in some how the last line hang up the page foreever… , and I don’t know why… do you have an idea?

    thank you

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Can’t really tell from those few lines of code, sorry

      Reply
  5. Marek Talpak

    Thank you so much, Rodolfo!

    You are providing highly valuable information and helping us to understand the mechanics of Woocommerce.
    Just found out what is the difference WC()->cart->get_subtotal() and WC()->cart->get_displayed_subtotal().

    You saved me a lot of time and headache! 🙂

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Cool

      Reply
  6. Gez

    Just wanted to say thanks for providing this information. I hope it helps drive lots of paid work to you – you deserve it!

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Thanks a lot!

      Reply
  7. sam

    It would be a great help
    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hey Sam, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom troubleshooting work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!

      Reply
  8. sam

    i can get access to cart details in “woocommerce_before_calculate_totals” hook .
    But i can not manage to ***** Update the line_subtotal of a specific product *****
    Is there any way to do it using “woocommerce_before_calculate_totals” hook ?
    this is my code : 

    
foreach( $cart as $cart_item_id=>$citem ) {
    if ( $citem['product_id'] == $gift ) {
        $item_id = $cart_item_id;
        $grp = $citem['data']->get_regular_price();
        //$woocommerce->cart->cart_contents[$cart_item_id]['line_subtotal'] = 1;
       
        $woocommerce->cart->cart_contents[$cart_item_id]['line_subtotal'] = 1;
        //WC()->cart->set_session();
        
        //$woocommerce->cart->set_session();
    }
                                
                                
}
    Reply
  9. Rachael Portier

    What would be the difference in:

    $cart->get_cart() as $cart_item

    vs 

    WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item

    ?

    They seem to work the same way for as far I’ve tested, but I notice some people use one and some people use the other.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      No difference.

      $cart = WC()->cart

      Reply
  10. Adam Kent

    Hi Rodolfo, thanks for your article, it’s really helpful! One thing I’m struggling to get my head round, is the nature of WC()->cart in relation to the session variables. Is WC()->cart->get_cart() a method for getting data from server side session variables? How does this compare to WC()->session->cart? If the user is not logged in does it use the wc_cart_hash cookie to determine between sessions? Thanks, Adam

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Not 100% sure. However, I’ve always used get_cart() in my snippets so I never worry about sessions

      Reply
  11. Mourad

    i can’t access my cart when i type : global $woocommerce; var_dump($woocommerce->cart);

    i get null is there any solution thanks in advance

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      WC()->cart

      Reply
  12. Lenold Vaz

    Hey,

    Your snippets are amazing. I have one quick question.

    Is there a way to get the total number of vendors in the cart? Using the wc vendors plugin here.

    I want to be able to charge COD per vendor shipped.

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Lenold, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!

      Reply
  13. Andrew Blaney

    Hey Rodolfo, I am interested in your articles, thank you. I wish to get something like $fontcolour = $cart_item[‘pewc_group_4988_4992’]; whew the pewc value is the select field, however it does not display anything… can you help?

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Andrew, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!

      Reply
  14. Adarsh

    hi i want a code to display my cart id in checkout page before checkout

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Hi Adarsh, thanks so much for your comment! Yes, this is definitely possible, but I’m afraid it’s custom work. If you’d like to get a quote, feel free to contact me here. Thanks a lot for your understanding!

      Reply
  15. Jigar shah

    Nice Source for us, it is really helpful for us and whole information about Get cart info will bookmark this information

    Reply
    1. Rodolfo Melogli

      Awesome!

      Reply
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