You are using the wrong hook. For the cart page you can use:
function filter_woocommerce_cart_item_quantity( $product_quantity, $cart_item_key, $cart_item ) {
// Append to
$product_quantity .= '<p class="additional-text">(items)</p>';
return $product_quantity;
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_cart_item_quantity', 'filter_woocommerce_cart_item_quantity', 10, 3 );
To apply this only to certain products, use
function filter_woocommerce_cart_item_quantity( $product_quantity, $cart_item_key, $cart_item ) {
// The targeted product ids
$targeted_ids = array( 30, 200 );
// Computes the intersection of arrays
if ( array_intersect( $targeted_ids, array( $cart_item['product_id'], $cart_item['variation_id'] ) ) ) {
$product_quantity .= '<p class="additional-text">(items)</p>';
}
return $product_quantity;
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_cart_item_quantity', 'filter_woocommerce_cart_item_quantity', 10, 3 );
OR
function filter_woocommerce_cart_item_quantity( $product_quantity, $cart_item_key, $cart_item ) {
// Checks if a value exists in an array
// Product ID 30
if ( in_array( 30, array( $cart_item['product_id'], $cart_item['variation_id'] ) ) ) {
$product_quantity .= '<p class="additional-text">(items)</p>';
// Product ID 817
} elseif ( in_array( 817, array( $cart_item['product_id'], $cart_item['variation_id'] ) ) ) {
$product_quantity .= '<p class="additional-text">(other text)</p>';
}
return $product_quantity;
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_cart_item_quantity', 'filter_woocommerce_cart_item_quantity', 10, 3 );