Previously purchased item cart and checkout warning

Notifies the customer whenever they are about to check out an item they’ve already purchased.

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {

	// Authenticated Users Only
	if( ! get_current_user_id() ) {
		return;
	}

	// WooCommerce Cart And Checkout Only
	if( ! function_exists( 'is_cart' ) || ! function_exists( 'is_checkout' ) ) {
		return;
	}
	if( ! is_cart() && ! is_checkout() ) {
		return;
	}

	// Get User's Previous Purchases
	$args = [
		'limit' => -1,
		'customer_id' => get_current_user_id(),
		'status' => array_keys( wc_get_is_paid_statuses() ),
		'type' => 'shop_order',
	];
    $orders = wc_get_orders( $args );

	// No Orders Found
	if ( ! $orders ) {
		return;
	}

	// Get Unique Products Within Order History
	$purch_product_ids = [];
	foreach( $orders as $order ) {
		$items = $order->get_items();
		foreach( $items as $item ) {
			$purch_product_ids[] = $item->get_product_id();
		}
	}
	$purch_product_ids = array_unique( $purch_product_ids );

	// Find Conflicts With Cart Items
	$errors = [];
	foreach( WC()->cart->get_cart() as $cart_item ) {
		$cart_product_id = $cart_item['product_id'];
		if( in_array( $cart_product_id, $purch_product_ids ) ) {
			$_product = wc_get_product( $cart_item['data']->get_id() );
			$errors[] = sprintf(
				'<a href="%s">%s</a>',
				get_permalink( $cart_product_id ),
				$_product->get_title()
			);
		}
	}

	// No Conflicts
	if( ! $errors ) {
		return;
	}

	// Handle Conflicts
	$message = sprintf(
		'
			<strong>Warning:</strong>
			We found item(s) in your <a href="%s">cart</a>
			that you have already purchased:<br />
			%s<br />
			<a class="button" href="%s">%s</a>
		',
		wc_get_cart_url(),
		implode( ' & ', $errors ),
		wc_get_account_endpoint_url( 'orders' ),
		'Visit My Orders'
	);
	wc_add_notice( $message, 'error' );

} );

Instructions for Previously purchased item cart and checkout warning

  1. Log into a staging or locally hosted clone of your site.
  2. Install and activate Code Snippets plugin.
  3. WP Admin > Snippets > Add New
  4. Copy and paste the code from the section above.
  5. Check to ensure formatting came over properly.
  6. Customize the code as desired.
  7. Add a meaningful title.
  8. Select whether to run on front-end or back-end (or both).
  9. Click “Save and Activate”.
  10. Test your site to ensure it works.
  11. Disable if any problems, or recover.
  12. Repeat for live environment.

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