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Im trying to pass information from my controller to the template.

My Controller:

    $response= "test"; (variable that I want to pass to PHTML)

    $this->loadLayout( array('default','path_to_test_phtml'));

    $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('block_name')
        ->setData('response', $response)
        ->setTemplate('path_to_test.phtml');
    $block->setResponse($response); //magic method
    $this->renderLayout();

My Block:

public function _prepareLayout()
{

    return parent::_prepareLayout();
}

My Template:

<?php
$response = $this->getResponse();
?>
<?php echo $this->response; ?>

My Layout:

<path_to_test_phtml>
        <reference name="content">
            <block type="block/name" name="track_bynumber" template="path_to_test_phtml.phtml"/>
        </reference>
</path_to_test_phtml>

No information "test" appear in the template.. any help appreciated. brgds

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Reset to default
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$response = 'value'; //dynamic value to pass in block   

Mage::app()->getLayout()->createBlock('blockname')
    ->setData('area','frontend')
    ->setTemplate('templatepath')
    ->setResponse($response)
    ->toHtml();
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  • what is the idea to use ->toHtml();? brgds Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 12:26
  • -for output of block Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 12:42
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    $this->renderLayout(); ?? Commented Sep 29, 2015 at 12:48
  • +1; I needed to get the Mage::app()->getLayout() part outside of a template context. Worked perfectly to load a CMS block. Thanks! Commented May 27, 2016 at 9:47
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createBlock creates an new instance of your block.
After that it seams you do nothing to it.
renderLayout just renders the blocks instantiated through loadLayout.

I assume you also have an instance of your block declared in the layout files somewhere.

In this case, try:

$block = $this->getLayout()->getBlock('block name here')->setResponse($response)....;
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  • thanks for your reply. Following your advice I edited the file and now prints "Array" in PHTML instead of "Test" Commented Aug 3, 2014 at 19:51
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    at least you are getting something now. Commented Aug 3, 2014 at 20:00

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