How to insert a block into a node or template in Drupal 7?

hook_page_alter() or hook_page_build()
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what wrburgess wrote works for me.

i added it to a node body field with php filter on.

'views' is the name of the module which created the block
'block_name' is the name of the block which can be found by going to the blocks admin page and hovering over the configure link.

i used it on the calendar module which uses a view to create the block:

$block = block_load('views', 'calendar-calendar_block_1');      
$output = drupal_render(_block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block))));        
print $output; 

This also works and does not call any private functions:

function MODULE_render_block($module, $delta) {
  $block = module_invoke($module, 'block_view', $delta);
  $block['module'] = $module;
  $block['delta'] = $delta;
  $vars = array('elements' => array('#block' => (object) $block, '#children' => render($block['content'])));
  return theme('block', $vars);
}

The snippet from wrburgess works for me, but I had to use the syntax:

$block = block_load('views','[view_name]-[block_name]');

This syntax worked for me as well. Thank you

I use below code to embed view in to a node, it works perfectly

<?php

$block = block_load('views', 'block_name');      
$output = drupal_render(_block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block))));        
print $output; 
?>

Now how do I pass 'CONTEXTUAL FILTERS' to this view?

Anandyrh, if you want to embed a view, then you can better use views_embed_view().

If you only need to render the content of a block (excluding the block title and containers), this simple code is sufficient:

  print render(module_invoke('MODULE_NAME', 'block_view', 'BLOCK_DELTA'));

Thanks a lot pfrenssen, I'll try it out.

See here for complete answer:
http://mydrupalblog.lhmdesign.com/embed-drupal-views-using-php

@b.ravanbaksh: don't follow the advice in the blog post you mentioned in #12: it bypasses the access control which is provided by views_embed_view(). This is bad practice and a security risk, potentially exposing sensitive data to unauthorized users.

This code does not work for custom block module blocks. For example, a block whose delta is 1. This does not work:

<?php
  print render(module_invoke('block', 'block_view', '1'));
?>

The revised syntax from #7 works for me also, adding the " [view_name]- " in front of [block_name]. Puts the block into my node very nicely.

However, now i have a real test for you all. I'm trying to add my block INSIDE a wz_tooltip that is launched from an image map. I've made my tooltip sticky so it doesn't close, and I can add php inside the tooltip successfully, but as soon as I try to put this block code inside the tooltip code, it just ignores it and ends up putting the block further down the page AFTER the image map.

Any ideas?
Thanks for any help!
:) jean

i tried to put my code here for the image map and js tooltip, but i couldn't get it to work....

#9 did the trick for me printing a block from page.php.tpl in D7

$block = block_load('module_name', 'block_name');      
$output = drupal_render(_block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block))));        
print $output; 

Thank you very much.

#9 working perfect!!! just replace the delta of your block and its done! thanks @Anandyrh

Just for the record. #9 is semi-correct but Drupal logs a warning message, since drupal_render need to be "alone".

<?php
$block = block_load('module', 'block-name/delta');
$output = _block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block)));
print drupal_render($output);
?>

Awesome, thanks FAAREIA! #18 is the one to use as it doesn't cause Drupal to throw a warning message at all!!

Please clarify #18. If cursoring over the configure link reveals that the module is "nodeblock" and the ID is 105487, that is, we are working with a block that can also be reached via /node/105487, so I tried the following code:

<?php
$block = block_load('nodeblock', '105487/delta');
$output = _block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block)));
print drupal_render($output);
?>

then

<?php
$block = block_load('nodeblock', '105487');
$output = _block_get_renderable_array(_block_render_blocks(array($block)));
print drupal_render($output);
?>

neither of which produces any HTML code.

(Yes, I know I wouldn't normally code a constant. I'm just trying to wrap my mind around what the difference is between a block name and a delta. And if I'm not using the literal "delta", then how do I determine the delta?)

Opening for follow-up comment.

Found the correct code at http://www.ultechspot.com/drupal/insert-block-node-or-template-drupal-7.

So my code would be:

$legendblock = module_invoke('nodeblock','block_view','105487');
print render($legendblock['content']);

where 'block_view' is a constant and the other two values are variables.

#6 extended version with title/subject

function MODULE_render_block($module, $delta) {
  $block = module_invoke($module, 'block_view', $delta);
  $block['module'] = $module;
  $block['delta'] = $delta;
  
  $block_object = block_load($module, $delta);
  $block['subject'] = $block_object->title;
  $block['region'] = $block_object->region;
  $vars = array('elements' => array('#block' => (object) $block, '#children' => render($block['content'])));
  
  return theme('block', $vars);
}

Here is sample code to render the views pro-grammatically in Drupal 7 in just one line:

  print views_embed_view('VIEWS_MACHINE_NAME', 'DISPLAY_ID', $view_arg);

Where:
VIEWS_MACHINE_NAME: The machine name of the view we wanted to render.
DISPLAY_ID: The display id which, we want to render of that view.
$view_arg: Argument value our view accepts. e.g. I've a view which display taxonomy on the basis of parent taxonomy, so this will be $term->tid.

More Details is here : https://api.drupal.org/api/views/views.module/function/views_embed_view/7.x-3.x

The below code not showing anything for the custom block render in the template file.

print render(module_invoke('block', 'block_view', '1'));