Magento 1.9 – Access Variables from CMS Block Insertions

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Magento 1.9

I am trying to add a form several times onto a CMS page with code similar to:

{{block type="core/template" template="page/html/jobappform.phtml"}}

But I want to pass a variable thru to the PHP in jobappform.phtml so I can differentiate between the different forms.

I have tried using:

{{block type="core/template" template="page/html/jobappform.phtml?a=1&b=2"}}

In the hope I get get at the variables with $_GET, but if I use this the form doesn't appear.

Is there a way of doing this:

{{block type="core/template" template="page/html/jobappform.phtml" a="1" b="2"}}

And then in jobappform.phtml can I get at variables a and b?

Best Answer

You can definitely use the code you pasted:

{{block type="core/template" template="page/html/jobappform.phtml" a="1" b="2"}}

And then in your template you can do:

$this->getA(); 
$this->getB();

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Magento CMS – How to Include PHTML

The syntax is correct, so the issue is theme misconfiguration or the "Test" output is being hidden in the browser. View source and confirm that the latter is not the case.

Try creating a copy of the file at frontend/base/default/template/page/page.phtml as this template location has to work - if the content appears, the issue is theme misconfiguration.

CMS Block Widgets – Individual Product Templates

There's a widget for that! In your CMS page,

{{widget type="catalog/product_widget_link"
         anchor_text="[Optional: CUSTOM LINK TEXT]"
         template="catalog/product/widget/link/link_block.phtml"
         id_path="product/223552"}}

Then customize app/design/frontend/base/default/template/catalog/product/widget/link/link_block.phtml. I use something like this:

<?php

$_product = $this->getProduct();
$_image = '';
$_price = '$' . money_format('%n', $_product->getFinalPrice());

if ($_product) {
    $_image = Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'thumbnail')
        ->keepAspectRatio(true)
        ->keepFrame(true)
        ->resize(115,115)
        ->__toString();
}
?>
<div class="item">
    <a <?php echo $this->getLinkAttributes() ?>>
        <img src="<?php echo $_image; ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($this->getAnchorText()); ?>" style="border:0" />
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    </a>
</div>

Best Answer

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