Display block in node.tpl.php

Posted by efarseer on August 31, 2011 at 2:45pm

I know how to enable blocks in node.tpl.php. Add like below in template.php

function phptemplate_preprocess_node(&$variables, $hook) {
$variables['aregion'] = theme('blocks', 'aregion');
}

But in Drupal7, this way don't work. How to add a block area in node.tpl.php or directly include a block in node.tpl.php of Drupal7.

Thanks very much!!!

Comments

Do you have render($aregion):

Posted by nevets on August 31, 2011 at 3:07pm

Do you have render($aregion): in node.tpl.php?

Try this one

Posted by mayank-kamothi on September 2, 2011 at 10:42am

Hi,efarseer

function your_theme_name_preprocess_node(&$variables) {

if ($blocks = block_get_blocks_by_region('your_block_region_machine_name')) {
  $variables['<variable_name>'] = $blocks;
  $variables['<variable_name>'] = $blocks;
  $variables['<variable_name>']['#theme_wrappers'] = array('region');
  $variables['<variable_name>']['#region'] = 'your_block_region_machine_name';
  }
}

then invoke this function inside your node.tpl.php

<?php print render($banner_space); ?>

Mayank Kamothi

Thanks a lot for the detailed

Posted by efarseer on September 8, 2011 at 2:29am

Thanks a lot for the detailed description, it helps a lot.

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I followed the directions,

Posted by pzula on February 24, 2013 at 11:00pm

I followed the directions, but I'm not getting any output. Any clues?

In template.php:

function psrmc_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
if ($blocks = block_get_blocks_by_region('sidebar_first')) {
  $variables['$first_block'] = $blocks;
  $variables['$first_block']['#theme_wrappers'] = array('region');
  $variables['$first_block']['#region'] = 'sidebar_first';
  }
}

In my node.tpl.php:

<?php print render($first_block); ?>

Thanks , It works !

Posted by zvischutz on December 20, 2012 at 6:41am

2 small comments :
1) Clear your caches before testing
2) There is a duplicate code line in your snippet , It works with only one line of course.