Magento - Show blocks that are not loaded in the current Object or Template

Submitted by rcastera on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 11:37

Customizing Magento could be difficult. Here is an easy way to display any block in any template file that cannot be loaded with $this->getChildHtml().

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->getBlock('top.search')->toHtml() ?>

1 comments for Magento - Show blocks that are not loaded in the current Object or Template

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I can't beielve you're not...

Posted by Flossy on 01/24/2012.

I can't beielve you're not playing with me--that was so helpful.

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