Magento – Get Widget Instance Title

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I'm creating a template for a widget and would like to echo the widget title in my PHP code. What is the proper way of doing that?

The following does not work:

<?php echo $this->getTitle() ?>

Note: this is part of a custom PHTML file in my theme.

Best Answer

<?php $widgetId =1;
$widget = Mage::getModel('widget/widget_instance')->load($widgetId);
echo $widget->getTitle(); ?>

Try this it's working...

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Magento – Widget Instance Block Bug

This is a known bug.

In the file

/app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/widget/instance/edit/layout.phtml

=> Replace around line 291

if (layoutHandleField = container.down('input.layout_handle_pattern')) {

With

if (layoutHandleField = $('layout_handle')) {

Magento – Insert Current Date as Widget or Variable in Magento CMS

You can do this with a custom block. Create it once and you can reuse it everywhere.

Create a module with the following config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <YourCompany_YourModule>
            <version>0.0.1</version>
        </YourCompany_YourModule>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <currentdate>
                <class>Mage_Catalog_Block</class>
            </currentdate>
        </blocks>
    </global>
</config>

Install this block: in File app/code/local/YourCompany/YourModule/Block/Datetoday.php:

<?php

class YourCompany_YourModule_Block_Datetoday extends Mage_Core_Block_Text
{
    protected function _toHtml()
    {
        $date = Mage::getModel('core/date')->date('m-d-Y H:i:s');
        $this->setText($date);

        return parent::_toHtml();
    }
}

How to use

Now in your CMS pages or in a static block all you have to do is use the following short tag:

{{block type="currentdate/datetoday"}}

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Magento – Widget Instance Block Bug

Magento – Insert Current Date as Widget or Variable in Magento CMS

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