Calling footer links in child template file of footer

Question

I have local.xml like this,

<?xml version="1.0"?>
    <layout>
        <default> 
            <reference name="footer">
                <block type="core/template" name="footerblock" template="footerblock.phtml" >
                <block type="core/template" name="copyright" template="copyright.phtml" />
            </reference>

        </default>
    </layout>

So in the footer, I can access child templates footer.phtml,

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('footerblock'); ?> 
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('copyright'); ?> 

And I can access footer links in footer.phtml file, but how can I access it in footerblock.phtml file like this?

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

Answer 1

Add path file page/template

<block type="core/template" name="footerblock" template="page/template/footerblock.phtml" >
<block type="core/template" name="copyright" template="page/template/copyright.phtml" />

or

U can direct access this code on footer file:

getLayout()->createBlock('core/template')->setTemplate('page/html/footerblock.phtml')->toHtml();

Answer 2

Use this in footerblock.phtml

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('footer_links')->toHtml() ?>

Answer 3

As you want to add this at footer then footer_links should called as file

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
        <layout>
            <default> 
                <reference name="footer">
                    <block type="core/template" name="footerblock" template="footerblock.phtml" >

                    <block type="core/template" name="copyright" template="copyright.phtml" />
 <!-- add this -->
    <block type="cms/block" name="footer_links" />
                </reference>

            </default>
    </layout>

As cms/block block is not need to define it template file so i am not added template now you need to juct call at footer.phtml

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