not able to add custom block in cart page above coupon block

Question

i am adding the block through xml on cart page. i searching a lot but could not find the find the solution where i am getting wrong.

<checkout_cart_index>

    <reference name="checkout.cart">

            <block type="test/test" before="coupon"   template="test/cart_test.phtml" />

    </reference>
</checkout_cart_index>

when i and the block is added to cart page but i want to add before the coupon block any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Try like this,

<reference name="checkout.cart">

   <block type="test/test" before="coupon" name="custom-block"  template="test/cart_test.phtml" />

</reference>

call your custom block before coupon in app\design\frontend\package\theme\template\checkout\cart.phtml,

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

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

Answer 2

that was work for me

<?php echo  Mage::app()->getLayout()
            ->createBlock('test/test')
            ->setTemplate('test/test.phtml')
            ->toHtml(); ?>

Answer 3

Try this way:

<checkout_cart_index>
    <reference name="checkout.cart">
            <block type="test/test" before="checkout.cart.coupon"   template="test/cart_test.phtml" />
    </reference>
</checkout_cart_index>

Hope this helps.

Answer 4

If the XML isn't working for you then the easiet way to inject your cms block is the php code snippet.

Try the following and it will inject the block:

• Open your cart.phtml file and locate the div/html section where you would like your block to appear and paste the following code there.

  <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock("cms/block")->setBlockId("your-static-block-id")->toHtml();?>