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In my custom theme, I added custom template for which I am getting invalid template file error in system.log. My xml file loctaion:

app/design/frontend/{vendor}/{theme}/Magento_catalog/layout/catalog_product_view.xml

My template file location

app/design/frontend/{vendor}/{theme}/Magento_catalog/templates/product/view/size_guide.phtml

catalog_product_view.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page layout="1column" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
<body>
<referenceBlock name="product.info.details">
<block class="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\View\Description" name="size_guide" template="Magento_Catalog::product/view/size_guide.phtml" group="detailed_info">
<arguments>
    <argument name="title" translate="true" xsi:type="string">Size Guide</argument>
</arguments>
</block>
</referenceBlock>
<!-- this is code to add new tab end -->
</body>
</page>

size_guide.phtml

<?php echo $block->getLayout()->createBlock('Magento\Cms\Block\Block')->setBlockId('size_guide')->toHtml(); ?>

Magento looks for the template file in module-catalog and gives the error when not found. Why does Magento not pick up the template file from my theme?

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place your size_guide.phtml in your module i.e {code}/{vendor}/{module}/view/frontend/templates/product/view/size_guide.phtml it worked for me.

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  • i have placed the template file as app/code/Magento/Catalog/view/frontend/templates/product/view/size_guide.phtml. Still its not working?
    – azam
    Mar 22, 2016 at 14:55
  • than check your xml file. i think you are not calling template file properly...otherwise share the files we will check.
    – Anand Ontigeri
    Mar 23, 2016 at 3:45
  • i have given my xml file contents above, i am calling the template file as: Magento_Catalog::product/view/size_guide.phtml.
    – azam
    Mar 23, 2016 at 6:41
  • remove Magento_Catalog and give your module name.
    – Anand Ontigeri
    Mar 23, 2016 at 8:25
  • you mean removing Magento_Catalog from app/design/frontend/myvendor/mytheme/ and create new module there, placing my xml file like app/design/frontend/myvendor/mytheme/mymodule/layout/? if so then should i keep the template file as app/code/Magento/Catalog/view/frontend/templates/product/view/size_guide.phtml?
    – azam
    Mar 23, 2016 at 8:36
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This is probably because the name of the module is not is proper case.

When creating the folder structure,

app/design/frontend/{vendor}/{theme}/Magento_catalog/layout/catalog_product_view.xml

replace the Magento_catalog with Magento_Catalog. That will direct Magento to pick up the proper template.

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Your size_,guide.phtml file is need to store in app/design/vendor/theme/frontend/Magento_Catalog/templates/size_guide.phtml

Because, you had used default module name Magento_Catalog that's why you can't store in app/code.

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Since you are overriding the catalog_product_view.xml in your theme, you have to create the folders override/base inside your layout folder. Hence your layout file path should be like the following

app/design/frontend/{vendor}/{theme}/Magento_catalog/layout/override/base/catalog_product_view.xml

Now run the setup upgrade command and refresh. This has worked for me.

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