CODEWITHSUNDEEP
xmlmagentolayoutmagento-1.7
BENN1TH
BENN1TH

Reputation: 2023

add/generate layout xml using controller in Magento

I am creating a extension for the Magento 1.7.0.2 platform. I have been successful so far as the extension is used to basically load jquery & js which is managed in the admin panel.

The problem is there are multiple yes/no configurations (in the admin settings using storeConfig) and I wish not to load via .phtml using echo if, else etc..as these would not be available for merging/compression if requested via another compression extension (aka fooman of default magento) as they are static .phtml files. (PS also would having a rather large, multiple echo if, echo else file be slower than xml?)

So I want to load these files via layout...but not using the .xml layout procedure under design/default/default/layout as there are too many config yes/no values and also model/select options which i cannot use in .xml structure (eg: ifconfig="value").

So I wish to load these files into the head block using the controller and do the echo if/else here so the appropriate configurations are loaded.

so far I have

public function indexAction(){

$this->loadLayout();
$this->renderLayout();


}

and I have been trying (just to start of from aka get working) 

$this->getLayout()->getBlock('head')->append(
$this->getLayout()
->createBlock('core/text', 'some-unique-name')
->setText('<script type="text/javascript" src="/foo/baz/bar.js"></script>')
);

I have read some snippets and suggestions from Alan Snow but have been unsuccessful as I wish to have the generated xml load on each page as well but maybe that is not possible using the controller

any comments, help & opinions are very welcome.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 334

Answers (1)

Michael Leiss
Michael Leiss

Reputation: 5670

As one should use existing methods you should do the following:

$this->getLayout()->getBlock('head')->addJs('javascriptfile.js');

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions