How to avoid infinite loop when using woocommerce_remove_cart_item

We’re running a promotion where a customer needs to buy 2 products together to receive a discount. I need to ensure if they remove one of the 2 products, the other product is removed as well.

add_action(‘woocommerce_remove_cart_item’, ‘check_and_remove_cart_item’, 10, 2);

function check_and_remove_cart_item($cart_item_key, $cart) {
// Get the removed cart item
$removed_item = $cart->cart_contents[$cart_item_key];

$PRODUCT_ID_1 = 45585;
$PRODUCT_ID_2 = 30744;

if ($removed_item[‘product_id’] == $PRODUCT_ID_1) {
foreach ($cart->get_cart() as $key => $cart_item) {
if ($cart_item[‘product_id’] == $PRODUCT_ID_2) {
$cart->remove_cart_item($key);
break; // Stop the loop after removing the item
}
}
} elseif ($removed_item[‘product_id’] == $PRODUCT_ID_2) {
foreach ($cart->get_cart() as $key => $cart_item) {
if ($cart_item[‘product_id’] == $PRODUCT_ID_1) {
$cart->remove_cart_item($key);
break;
}
}
}
}

This should work, however what happens is it seems to cause an infinite loop. Removing item #1 calls remove\_cart\_item on item #2, which then loops back and calls remove\_cart\_item on #1, and so on.

Is there a way to fire this, AFTER the item is removed, as to avoid it continually looping around? From googling it appears there is a “woocommerce\_cart\_item\_removed” hook, but I cannot find a lot of great examples using it for this kind of purpose?

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