add block to Authorize.net payment template

Question

in the app/design/frontend/base/default/template/payment/form/cc.phtml template, around line 76, there is a spot to echo out child html. how do I reference that block to add a child into it?

I'm trying to add a section in my layout class, but it doesn't appear to be working correctly.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <checkout_onepage_index>
        <reference name="payment.method.authorizenet">
            <block type="abt_authnet/foo_bar_baz" name="foobar" as="foobar" template="abt/foobar.phtml" />
        </reference>
    </checkout_onepage_index>
</layout>

Am I doing this wrong? my feeling is I'm referencing the wrong block?

Answer 1

I have no experience with authorize.net but when I see this correctly, the template payment/form/cc.phtml is from Mage_Payment and therefore not from Authorize.net

But both templates from Authorize.net

• authorizenet/directpost/form.phtml
• authorizenet/directpost/iframe.phtml

has a <?php echo $_form->getChildHtml() ?> somewhere in the code, where you can echo any content.

But obviosuly this is in the review step:

<checkout_onepage_review>
    <reference name="checkout.onepage.review.info.items.after">
        <block type="directpost/form" name="payment.form.directpost" template="authorizenet/directpost/form.phtml">
            <action method="setMethodInfo"></action>
        </block>
    </reference>
</checkout_onepage_review>

So you can reference the form block:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <checkout_onepage_review>
        <reference name="payment.form.directpost">
            <block type="abt_authnet/foo_bar_baz" name="foobar" as="foobar" template="abt/foobar.phtml" />
        </reference>
    </checkout_onepage_review>
</layout>

Where is the payment.method.authorizenet from? Just a guess?