Magento - using $this->getPriceHtml on custom page template

Question

I have a scroller showing a collection of products currently on sale, which I call using the following:

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Answer 1

My colleague recommended using this Magento friendly method to get the price html anywhere:

<?php $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($product->getId());
      $productBlock = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_price');
      echo $productBlock->getPriceHtml($_product); ?>

If you're already working with a loaded product then you won't need the first line, however my product was from a collection so this was necessary.

Answer 2

To get getPriceHtml() function work correctly in your custom block you need 2 things

1)Make your block type catalog/product

<block type="catalog/product" name="home_page_product" after="default_home_page" template="custom/home_page_product.phtml"/>

2)Pass the product object to getPriceHtml() function

<?php $productObject = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId());?>
<?php echo $this->getPriceHtml($productObject, true) ?>

Answer 3

The issue is that getPriceHtml() function is defined in the Mage_Catalog_Block_Product block, rather than the standard Mage_Core_Block_Template. You need to ensure that your block extends the Product block, or you can achieve that in your layout by something like:

<block type="catalog/product" name="blockname" template="path/to/template.phtml">

I haven't tested that, but it should work.

Answer 4

You could also try this:

<?php echo Mage_Catalog_Block_Product::getPriceHtml($_product, true) ?>

Where $_product relates to the product object.