Calling block from phtml

[dario_inchoo]

Inside my 1column.phtml I have this piece of code:

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

Inside my app/design/frontend/enterprise/wk/layout/wk.xml I have:

<cms_index_index>
     <reference name="wide">
          <block type="wk/geotarget" name="geotarget"/>
     </reference>
</cms_index_index>

Inide app/code/local/Company/Module/Block/Geotarget.php I have:

class Company_Module_Block_Geotarget extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{
    protected function _toHtml()
    {        
        $layout = Mage::getSingleton('core/layout');
        // Generate a CMS block object        
        $block = $layout->createBlock('cms/block');
        // Set the block ID of the static block        
        $block->setBlockId('homepage-hero');
        return parent::_toHtml();
    }
}

How do I render this static block based on block ID? I need to do some custom logic inside that Block to get some specific or random block and render it.

[Damian Culotta]

Hi @dario_inchoo,

What if you change the <block> definition for something like this:

<block type="cms/block" name="geotarget">
    <action method="setBlockId">
        <block_id>homepage-hero</block_id>
    </action>
</block>