Comments on: Programatically create Magento blocks and inject them into layout

By: Jignesh Thummar

Jignesh Thummar — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:00:53 +0000

@Branko Ajzele . its possible to inject block in default layout without using layout xml file? because this approach add block to current controller action but in case if i want something to inject in header of all the pages possible without layout xml?

By: amit vyas

amit vyas — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:57:35 +0000

hii thanks for this helpful post, it is very helpful for me, bu i m having a problem when i m using it ,i cant access the functions in my block Mage_CatalogSearch_Block_Search a i have created a per your code where u have used Mage_Core_Block_Template class, can i use another class overhere?
if yes then i have done it but it is giving me error pls send me reply asap

By: Samit Rimal

Samit Rimal — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:53:04 +0000

It is not working in magento 1.6.2 . How to solve it

By: Praful

Praful — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:57:22 +0000

Hello,

I am trying add one or more field when Export product grid to XML format.

public function exportXmlAction()
{
$fileName = ‘products.xml’;
$content = $this->getLayout()->createBlock(‘enhancedgrid/catalog_product_grid’)
->getXml();

$this->_sendUploadResponse($fileName, $content);
}

I dont get idea how and where I have to change.

I wand add URL field in exported XML file…

please help me…

thanks
Praful

By: scott

scott — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 22:38:30 +0000

I would also like to know how to create dynamic breadcrumbs for pages that don’t have them. Thanks.

By: Rao

Rao — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:09:52 +0000

how can i create dynamic breadcrumbs for my custom module. i am in 80% of my first magento module construction and this is what i am on right now. kindly guide me.
elegant.rao@gmail.com
thank you.

By: haifa

haifa — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:00:55 +0000

thanks for this! helped me a lot!

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:22:17 +0000

I dont want to use the core/template as a block type.. what if i want to use checkout/cart... i have tried the following code but its is not working.... [code] public function indexAction() { //Get current layout state $this->loadLayout(); $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock( 'checkout/cart', // OR 'Mage_Checkout_Block_Cart' 'my_block_name_here', array('template' => 'custom/cart.phtml') ); $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block); $this->getLayout()->getBlock('root')->setTemplate('page/empty.phtml'); //Release layout stream $this->renderLayout(); } [/code] any suggestions will be highly appreciated.... Thanks you.

By: neeraj

neeraj — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:39:22 +0000

thanks Salik

By: salik

salik — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:44:25 +0000

Use this for set layout of page

$template = Mage::getConfig()->getNode(‘global/page/layouts/two_columns_right/template’);
$this->getLayout()->getBlock(‘root’)->setTemplate($template);

By: Oleg Kudrenko

Oleg Kudrenko — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:56:02 +0000

Hi!
I need to create many cms page programmatically. How can i do it, what methods i must use?

By: Eyal Peleg

Eyal Peleg — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:15:47 +0000

I don’t know what you are using for code formatting but at least on my MFC-440CN it just prints out garbage instead of the code.

By: Fabio

Fabio — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:35:34 +0000

Hi.
I am trying to work my ways trough magento and i can’t find a way to create a block the “right” way.
Can you point me to the doc or a tutorial of how to create a block with just the necessary files?

By: narzedzia pneumatyczne

narzedzia pneumatyczne — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:21:56 +0000

And my question is how can I access layout object from inside some block. I want to get current page title (if its set already).

By: Vier

Vier — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:50:11 +0000

Hi, I’m using this piece of code to create a simple contact form, but it appears with a default 3 columns layout and I’d like to know how can I set it to appear with just 1 column.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:53:57 +0000

Hi,

I want to add newsletter block into my one column products page. How to add newsletter block in desired location of the page.

Thanks

By: Tejas

Tejas — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:01:53 +0000

Hi,

Your post is very helpful

Thanks,

By: Margots

Margots — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:05:58 +0000

Can you create block in the xml layout file. For example, I want to use X block

X block name

X – new block that needs to be created, but how to do it in layout xml file?
Simply putting following will not work

By: mzouhel

mzouhel — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:12:07 +0000

Can i add a custom template to my backend ?
i want print my orders in html format and i need to create a block under adminhtml

By: pneumatyka

pneumatyka — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:02:46 +0000

Wonderfull, just what I was looking for simplest module possible. Thx!