The Magento Expert

Enabling template hints from the CLI

Mex — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:59:57 +0000

To enable Magento 2 Template Hints directly from the command line, run the following command in the Magento 2 root directory:

php bin/magento dev:template-hints:enable

To disable the hints again, run this command:

php bin/magento dev:template-hints:disable

Clear the Magento 2 cache after either command.

Displaying the search form (form.mini.phtml) in a template

Mex — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 07:29:04 +0000

Use the following code to display the search form form.mini.phtml inside any Magento 2 template.

$this->getLayout()->createBlock('core/template')->setTemplate('catalogsearch/form.mini.phtml')->toHtml();

Including one template (phtml) in another template

Mex — Wed, 13 May 2020 07:43:57 +0000

To render one .phtml template inside another template, insert the following code at the desired location:

// Insert the search field anywhere in a template
echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template")->setTemplate("Magento_Search::form.mini.phtml")->toHtml();

Selecting a custom product page template (phtml)

Mex — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:08:19 +0000

To use a custom template for your product page, create the template file and then specify the following layout update in the product’s layout section:

Redirecting to any page from a template (phtml)

Mex — Wed, 14 May 2014 08:13:11 +0000

Use the code below to redirect to any page from a Magento template (phtml) file. In this case, it is a redirect to the home page.

Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getBaseUrl());

Changing the category page column count programmatically

Mex — Mon, 05 May 2014 09:37:45 +0000

Add the following code to your themes catalog\product\list.phtml file. It will change the column count to 2.

$this->setColumnCount(2);

Getting a blocks HTML in a template (phtml)

Mex — Mon, 05 May 2014 08:39:33 +0000

The below code shows how to echo the HTML of a block with the id ‘my_block’.

echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('my_block')->toHtml();

Sending parameters to a static block

Mex — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:29:15 +0000

You have to use so called filters to send parameters to a static block from a template for example. Lets take a look at the following code:

Thats the static Magento block:


    Configure

We want to send attribute_set_name and product_id dynamically to the block. Add the following code to a template for example:

$block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('block_name');
$variables = array();
$variables['product_id'] = 123;
$variables['attribute_set_name'] = 'whatever';
                       
$filter = Mage::getModel('core/email_template_filter');
$filter->setVariables($variables);

// This will now echo the blocks HTML with the values from the passed parameters.
echo $filter->filter($block->toHtml());

Adding the message block to a template (phtml)

Mex — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:39:22 +0000

If you want to show the Magento messages (success, error, …) in your template file, add the following code the top of your template:

getMessagesBlock()->getGroupedHtml() ?>