Magento Including a CUSTOM phtml file in view.phtml

Question

I am trying to work out how to create custom phtml files to include on view.phtml (and ultimately to be called from any default Magento phtml file).

I have created a seperate phtml file with the content I want in it called productbadges.phtml

This will be pulled through as the last item in

I understand the callout usually is

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('phtmlfilename') ?>

However I know I need to do add something to catalog.xml so Magento recognizes the callout and can source the correct file. But I do not properly understand Magento's XML syntax.

Could anyone assist?

Answer 1

vicch's response is the correct way of doing it.

However, it's also helpful to know that there is an alternate method:

$block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock(
      'Mage_Core_Block_Template',
      'choose_a_block_name',
       array('template' => 'folder/myphtmlfile.phtml')
 );

I am posting this for general knowledge. This is not the accepted way of doing this, since it is not consistent with how Magento templates and blocks are used.

Answer 2

you can use

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('core/template')->setTemplate('goodtest/test.phtml')->toHtml(); ?>

see also here:

How do i call .phtml block at specfic page in magento?

and

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