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I've isolated a bit of Magento code which accesses a template file catalog\product\view\media.phtml:

<?php echo $this->getImagesMedia(); ?>

How is this different than the below example which does the same thing:

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('media') ?>

The second example makes sense to me because it's defined in the layout.xml.. The first example is easier to implement on a catalog page where you have multiple objects but where is the $this->getImagesMedia() defined or setup?

How would I create a $this->getImagesMediaMobile().. that's my goal.. to have a 2nd way to display images on mobile devices.

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  • you can refer the iphone theme media.phtml file
    – Keyul Shah
    Commented Apr 22, 2014 at 16:20
  • @KeyulShah That doesn't resolve the question though as requires running the iPhone theme for mobiles (as opposed to a global responsive theme with conditional loading as required).
    – zigojacko
    Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 8:40
  • @zigojacko .. you're right on with what im trying to do.. could you please extrapolate a little bit more about this (if you can) as an answer??
    – JustinP
    Commented Apr 23, 2014 at 12:16
  • Where did you find <?php echo $this->getImagesMedia(); ?> ? I wasn't able to find it anywhere.
    – Marius ♦
    Commented May 28, 2014 at 11:22
  • Marius, I can look into this for you.. but could it be EE specific?
    – JustinP
    Commented May 28, 2014 at 14:05

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So I cannot find the code getImagesMedia anywhere and in the media.phtml the following is used

$this->getGalleryImages()

But even though I am not sure what you are talking about I can give you a general answer as to the difference between the following calls.

$this->getSomething() or $this->getData('something')

These are calls to get values directly from the block object, there will either be a function that matches in the block or at some point there will be a call to setSomething

$this->getChildHtml('something') or $this->getChild('something')

Now these two will either return the html or the block itself from a child block defined via the layout xml as follows.

<block name="your_parent_block">
    <block type="some/type" name="something" />
</block>
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  • Your more generalized answer is more helpful. Thank you for breaking this down.
    – JustinP
    Commented May 29, 2014 at 14:50
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Function and Method Cross Reference

getgalleryimages()

Defined at: /app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/View/Media.php -> line 43

Referenced 6 times:

  • /app/design/frontend/base/default/template/catalog/product/view/media.phtml -> line 67
  • /app/design/frontend/base/default/template/catalog/product/view/media.phtml -> line 71
  • /app/design/frontend/default/modern/template/catalog/product/view/media.phtml -> line 67
  • /app/design/frontend/default/modern/template/catalog/product/view/media.phtml -> line 71
  • /app/design/frontend/default/iphone/template/catalog/product/view/media.phtml -> line 46
  • /app/design/frontend/default/iphone/template/catalog/product/view/media.phtml -> line 47
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