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pspahn
pspahn

Reputation: 2790

Magento - createBlock() in controller, can I access this in layout.xml?

I have an index controller with a view action that does the following:

echo $this->getLayout()
    ->createBlock('core/template','builder')
    ->setTemplate('pages/builder/view.phtml')
    ->setHeaderText($extra->getHeaderText())
    ->setFooterText($extra->getFooterText())
    ->setProducts($collection)
    ->toHtml();

Based on this, I am trying to perform layout updates in builder.xml (which is being set in the module's config.xml). However, I am not sure if you can target blocks instantiated in this manner. Based on the above block creation, am I able to perform the following:

<layout version="0.1.0">
    <builder_index_view>
        <!-- shouldn't this reference the createBlock() name argument? -->
        <reference name="builder">
            <block type="page/html_header" name="builder.header" as="builder.header" template="pages/builder/header.phtml"/>
        </reference>
    </builder_index_view>
</layout>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3530

Answers (1)

benmarks
benmarks

Reputation: 23205

If the block is instantiated prior to the call to loadlayout(), yes.

Upvotes: 2

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