Display header in controller method

Question

Is there any way to display header and footer in controller method without using

$this->loadLayout();
$this->renderLayout();

these two lines in a controller method.

I have created one template file for controller method but that template data is not displaying in my controller method.

When I am printing

 Zend_Debug::dump($this->getLayout()->getUpdate()->getHandles());

in controller method then it is printing an empty array.

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Answer 1

**For getting header& footer,you can try below code:

 $this->getLayout()->createBlock('page/html_header');->setTemplate('page/html/header.phtml')->toHtml();
 $this->getLayout()->createBlock('page/html_footer');->setTemplate('page/html/footer.phtml')->toHtml();

But,Without $this->loadLayout(); you cannot get header and footer properly.

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Better idea to remove content area section from page using $this->getLayout()->getBlock('root')->unsetChild('content');

You can try also below:

public function IndexAction()
 {
 $this->loadLayout();
 $this->getLayout()->getBlock('root')->unsetChild('content');
 $this->renderLayout();
 }

Also you can remove breadcrumbs by add $this->getLayout()->getBlock('root')->unsetChild('breadcrumbs');

• vedu: Sorry @Amit but it is not working.
• vedu: nothing is working. I have added screenshot of controller method.
• vedu: when I add $this->loadLayout(); $this->renderLayout(); these lines then (content displaying in image) is displayed.
• Amit Bera: Please check now...