fix: relax optional billing rules across checkout steps

[superdav42]

Summary

• Applies optional billing-address rule relaxation across all checkout form fields, not only the active step.
• Adds a regression test for billing country/ZIP fields on step 1 with validation running on step 2.

Resolves #1404

Testing

• WP_TESTS_DIR=/tmp/wordpress-tests-lib vendor/bin/phpunit --filter 'test_get_validation_rules_relaxes_optional_billing_address_fields'
• php -l inc/checkout/class-checkout.php && php -l tests/WP_Ultimo/Checkout/Checkout_Test.php
• vendor/bin/phpcs inc/checkout/class-checkout.php

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved validation logic for optional billing address fields in multi-step checkout processes to ensure all relevant form fields are considered during validation.

• Tests

  • Added comprehensive test coverage for optional billing address field validation when using multi-step checkout forms.

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• inc/checkout/class-checkout.php
• tests/WP_Ultimo/Checkout/Checkout_Test.php

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

This PR implements a follow-up fix to PR #1400 by modifying the validation relaxation logic for optional billing address fields in multi-step checkout flows. The core change ensures all checkout-form fields are considered when applying the optional billing relaxation, with a new regression test validating the behavior.

Changes

Billing Field Validation Fix

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validation rules multi-step field relaxation inc/checkout/class-checkout.php	The get_validation_rules() method now uses $this->checkout_form->get_all_fields() when available to determine which fields receive optional billing validation relaxation, instead of only checking $this->step['fields']. This allows fields defined on earlier steps to be properly relaxed during final validation.
Multi-step billing field validation test tests/WP_Ultimo/Checkout/Checkout_Test.php	New test test_get_validation_rules_relaxes_optional_billing_address_fields_from_all_steps() verifies that optional billing country and ZIP code fields remain relaxed even when placed on an earlier step and validated during submission on a later step.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Ultimate-Multisite/ultimate-multisite#1400: Predecessor PR that introduced the billing field relaxation fix; this PR applies the review feedback addressing the multi-step checkout edge case.
• Ultimate-Multisite/ultimate-multisite#569: Prior test expansion to Checkout_Test.php that provides context for checkout validation testing patterns.

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Poem

🐰 A zip that roamed across two steps,
Once failed when empty, causing strife,
But now it dances through the checks,
Relaxed by loops that span all life!
Multi-step checkout, now set free! ✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: relaxing optional billing rules across all checkout steps instead of just the current step.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR fully implements both primary objectives: modifying Checkout::get_validation_rules() to scan all fields via get_all_fields() [#1404], and adding a regression test for billing fields on step 1 validated on step 2 [#1404].
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are directly scoped to addressing issue #1404: the validation logic fix and the regression test are both explicitly requested and necessary for the fix.
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[superdav42]

MERGE_SUMMARY

Implemented optional billing validation follow-up for #1404.

• Changed inc/checkout/class-checkout.php so optional billing rule relaxation scans all checkout form fields when a checkout form is loaded, preserving the active-step fallback for legacy/manual flows.
• Added test_get_validation_rules_relaxes_optional_billing_address_fields_from_all_steps() to cover billing fields defined on an earlier step while final validation runs on a later step.

Verification:

• WP_TESTS_DIR=/tmp/wordpress-tests-lib vendor/bin/phpunit --filter 'test_get_validation_rules_relaxes_optional_billing_address_fields'
• php -l inc/checkout/class-checkout.php && php -l tests/WP_Ultimo/Checkout/Checkout_Test.php
• vendor/bin/phpcs inc/checkout/class-checkout.php

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