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Can’t echo a Child Block?

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If you’re having trouble with a call like

echo $this->getChildHtml('foo');

returning an empty string, add the following debug code to your template

var_dump(array_keys($this->_children));

This will print out all the children of the current block. If you don’t see the block you’re trying to echo above, that means your block (foo above) isn’t being correctly added to the current block. Check the your custom layout xml for subtle errors (missing name, type, etc.)

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Originally Posted: 24th April 2012

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