how to print a list of available blocks from a template?

Question

I am trying to find an existing block to call it from my template

is it possible to use something like:

    <?php var_dump( $this->getLayout()->getAllBlocks() );?>

this gives me a 505 error

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '14 at 11:04

All the blocks in the layout are huge objects that have references to other huge objects and at one point you get a circular reference an var_dump crashes.
If you want to get the names of the available blocks do this:

var_dump(array_keys($this->getLayout()->getAllBlocks()));

then if you find the key you need you can just print it out like this:

echo $this->getLayout()->getBlock('KEY HERE')->toHtml();

You can even call the line above without knowing if the block exists but call it a little different:

if ($block = $this->getLayout()->getBlock('KEY HERE')) {
    echo $block->toHtml();
}

this is awesome ! u have made my day !! – Matoeil Jun 04 '14 at 11:10 — Matoeil, Jun 04 '14 at 11:10

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '14 at 10:50

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I hope this might help you, if you want to enlist all static blocks:

 Mage::getResourceModel('cms/block_collection')->load()->toOptionArray();

answered Jun 04 '14 at 10:50

TBI Infotech

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interesting but id does not list blocks declared in layout , right? – Matoeil Jun 04 '14 at 10:55
It will give you list of all blocks, you can rectify the result as per you need – TBI Infotech Jun 04 '14 at 10:56
it gives only cms blocks – Matoeil Jun 04 '14 at 11:02
You can use this link: http://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/3090/how-to-determine-all-blocks-and-child-blocks-attached-to-a-handle – TBI Infotech Jun 04 '14 at 11:04

how to print a list of available blocks from a template?

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