How to call Magento block in phtml template?

Question

i need to display some more links in footer. i created those links in magento admin as static blocks (id = sample_links ).

and then i added following code page.xml file<

Answer 1

If you don't want to bother with XML, same as swapnesh's answer, I'm just making it clearer for the php noobs out there (like me)

getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('your_identifier')->toHtml() ?>

your_identifier is the code you decide to use when creating your block in CMS > Blocks > Create New Block, second line called "Identifier"