Issues in rendering the block on front-end

vinayindoria

Hi admin,

Here is my setup, I have created a page in the back-end which is mapped to a layout suppose 'my_layout'. All the fields are rendered properly in the front-end except for the block which is associated to one of the layout variables.
Please find the below for reference:

$config['layouts']['my_layout'] = array(
	
	'fields'	=> array(
		'Header' => array('type' => 'fieldset', 'label' => 'Header', 'class' => 'tab'),
		'page_title' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_page_title')),
		'meta_description' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_meta_description')),
		'meta_keywords' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_meta_keywords')),
		'Body' => array('type' => 'fieldset', 'label' => 'Body', 'class' => 'tab'),
		
		'heading' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_heading')),
		'page_active_top_menu' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_page_active_top_menu')),
		//the below section is not rendered in the front-end
		'section_1' => array('type' => 'block', 'folder' => 'menu_folder'),

		'breadcrumbs' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_breadcrumbs')),
		'page_title_header' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_page_title_header')),
		'section_2_1' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_section_2_1')),
		'section_2_2_class' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_section_2_2_class')),
		'section_2_2' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_section_2_2')),
		'section_2_3' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_section_2_3')),
		'section_3' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_section_3')),
		

		'body' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_body'), 'type' => 'textarea', 'description' => lang('layout_field_body_description')),
		'body_class' => array('label' => lang('layout_field_body_class')),
	)
);

//here is the block field description
$config['blocks']['menu_block'] = array(
	'fields' => array(
		'page_active_top_menu' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_page_active_top_menu')),
		'sub_menu_container_class' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_page_active_sub_menu_class')),
		
		'background_image' => array('type' => 'file','label' => lang('layout_field_backgroundbanner')),
		'background_banner_url' => array('type' => 'text','label' => lang('layout_field_background_banner_mob_url')),
		'backgroundmob_image' => array('type' => 'file','label' => lang('layout_field_backgroundmobbanner')),
		'background_banner_mob_url' => array('type' => 'text','label' => lang('layout_field_background_bannermob')),
		'active_menu' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_page_active_sub_menu')),

		'banner_text_content' => array('type' => 'textarea','label' => lang('layout_field_page_banner_text_content'))
	)
);

After the above code, I am able to save the block variables in the admin panel at the page level, but I am not able to see the block code being rendered.
Note: I have tried with have the file inside _blocks/menu_folder/menu_block.php, also I have tried removing the file from the _blocks folder and having an admin driven block created from the admin panel named menu_folder/menu_block but in both the cases I am not able to see the html rendered.

admin

The block field will create an array variable with the name of the variable being the name of the field (e.g. menu_block), the keys being the field names, and the values being the values submitted in the form:
<?=$menu_block['page_active_top_menu']?>
Does your layout / view file have that variable passed to it?

vinayindoria

Does your layout / view file have that variable passed to it?
I am using the admin panel for passing data, the only code that I am using is the above my_fuel_layout.php code shared.

So you suggest that for accessing the variable values inside the blocks HTML code, I have to use the variable as

{$menu_block['variable_name']}

right?

admin

Yes. The block field type saves variables as a key/value array.

vinayindoria

I sorted the Issue, I was trying to call the section_1 in my layout file like we call general fuel_vars.

<?php echo fuel_var('section_1'); ?>

instead when I replaced the above code with the one below, things worked

<?php echo fuel_block('menu_folder/'.$section_1['block_name'],$section_1); ?>

Thanks Admin..