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Prevent shipping to PO boxes

How to stop customers from completing checkout with a PO Box shipping address.

The following functionality prevents your customers from shipping to PO Box addresses.

Add Javascript

In the Foxy admin (https://admin.foxy.io), go to Settings > Templates and add the code to the Custom footer field (Twig is supported; it is injected before the closing </body> tag).

javascript

{% if context == "checkout" %}
<script>
    var validatePO = function() {
        var addressString = "";
        $("[name$='_address1'],[name$='_address2']").not("[name^='billing']").each(function() { addressString += this.value; });
        addressString = addressString.replace(/\./g,"");
        addressString = addressString.replace(/ /g,"");
        addressString = addressString.toLowerCase();
        if(addressString.indexOf('pobox') != -1) {
            alert("We ​can not ship to a PO Box shipping address. Please ​choose ​a different shipping ​address ​location.");
            return false;
        }
        else {
            return true;
        }
    };
    FC.client.on('customer-login.done', validatePO);
    FC.client.on('customer-address-change', validatePO);
    FC.client.on('checkout-submit', validatePO);
    $("body").on("change", "[name$='_address1'],[name$='_address2']", function() {
        if (this.name.indexOf("billing")) {
            var address = FC.json.shipping_address;
            var multiship = this.name.match(/shipto_(\d+)/);
            if (multiship) {
                address = FC.json.multiship_data[multiship[1]];
            }
            if (validatePO() && FC.util.addressHasLocationInfo(address)) {
                FC.client.event('customer-address-change.done').trigger({ "fields":{}, "address": address });
            }
        }
    });
</script>
{% endif %}

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