Magento 2 – Call a Widget in a .phtml File

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I have a widget:

{{widget type="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\Widget\NewWidget" display_type="all_products" products_count="5" template="product/widget/new/content/new_grid.phtml"}}

So it works in the content of the CMS block or CMS page. I want to show it in a .phtml file, how can I do it?

Best Answer

For Display Type = All Product Widget

{{widget type="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\Widget\NewWidget" 
display_type="all_products" products_count="5" template="product/widget/new/content/new_grid.phtml"}}

and

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\Widget\NewWidget")->setDisplayType("all_products")->setProductsCount("5")->setTemplate("product/widget/new/content/new_grid.phtml")->toHtml(); ?>

For Display Type = New Product Widget

{{widget type="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\Widget\NewWidget" display_type="new_products" products_count="5" template="product/widget/new/content/new_grid.phtml"}}

and

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\Widget\NewWidget")->setDisplayType("new_products")->setProductsCount("5")->setTemplate("product/widget/new/content/new_grid.phtml")->toHtml(); ?>

Related Solutions

Widget – Calling a Template from Within a Widget in Magento

Take a look at http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/tutorial-creating-a-magento-widget-part-1

interface Mage_Widget_Block_Interface
{
    public function toHtml();

    public function addData(array $arr);

    public function setData($key, $value = null);
}

Since both Mage_Widget_Block_Interface and Mage_Core_Block_Abstract don't seem to have a implement setTemplate method try

class Sample_WidgetOne_Block_Digg
    extends Mage_Core_Block_Abstract
    implements Mage_Widget_Block_Interface
{

    /**
     * Produces digg link html
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function _toHtml()
    {
        return Mage::getSingleton('core/layout')->createBlock('core/template')->setTemplate('path/to/file.phtml')->toHtml();;
    }

}

Magento 2 Widget – Only Shows One Way Issue

Your widget's block class needs to implement the Magento\Widget\Block\BlockInterface interface.

For example:

use Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template;
use Magento\Widget\Block\BlockInterface;

class WidgetBlock extends Template implements BlockInterface 
{

}

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Related Solutions

Widget – Calling a Template from Within a Widget in Magento

Magento 2 Widget – Only Shows One Way Issue

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