Static block in template broken (NOT using PageBuilder rendering)

Question

I have a very basic custom module showing a compact catalog/product list for logged in customers.

The content of category descriptions etc. is being rendered correctly.

But at the top of my template I include a static block using the code

<?php echo $block->getLayout()->createBlock('Magento\Cms\Block\Block')->setBlockId('trade-intro')->toHtml();?>

This block is a pagebuilder block but it is rendered as straight HTML which means layout, images etc. are broken

How do I add it to my template in a way that goes through Pagebuilder rendering?

note: for the category description I go through the helper

$this->helper(Magento\Catalog\Helper\Output::class)->categoryAttribute($winemakercategory, $_description, 'description') 

and that uses the right context, but I can't find the same for the simple cms block

Answer 1

This is just an quick example using objectManager of how you will need to output your block on the template to get the result you want

<?php
/** @var \Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template $block */
$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();
/** @var \Magento\Cms\Model\BlockRepository $blockRepository */
$blockRepository = $objectManager->get(\Magento\Cms\Model\BlockRepository::class);
/** @var \Magento\PageBuilder\Model\Template\Filter $pageBuilderFilter */
$pageBuilderFilter = $objectManager->get(\Magento\PageBuilder\Model\Template\Filter::class);
try {
 $cmsBlock = $blockRepository->getById('trade-intro');
 $content = $cmsBlock->getContent();
 // Render Page Builder JSON content as HTML
 echo $pageBuilderFilter->filter($content);
} catch (\Magento\Framework\Exception\NoSuchEntityException $e) {
 echo '<!-- CMS block not found -->';
}
?>

Use a proper block class in your project.

<?php
namespace Vendor\Module\Block;
use Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template;
use Magento\Cms\Model\BlockRepository;
use Magento\PageBuilder\Model\Template\Filter;
class PageBuilderBlock extends Template
{
 protected $blockRepository;
 protected $pageBuilderFilter;
 public function __construct(
 Template\Context $context,
 BlockRepository $blockRepository,
 Filter $pageBuilderFilter,
 array $data = []
 ) {
 parent::__construct($context, $data);
 $this->blockRepository = $blockRepository;
 $this->pageBuilderFilter = $pageBuilderFilter;
 }
 public function renderBlock($identifier)
 {
 try {
 $cmsBlock = $this->blockRepository->getById($identifier);
 return $this->pageBuilderFilter->filter($cmsBlock->getContent());
 } catch (\Exception $e) {
 return '<!-- Block not found or error rendering -->';
 }
 }
}

and then in your template

<?= $block->renderBlock('trade-intro'); ?>

• iphigenie: Thanks - I though I had used a proper block class, the Block code extends \Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template - what I had missed is that i now need to add this whole pagebuilderfilter - because that's how old this block's been working. Do I need to do it when calling the CMS block or should I do it on the entire custom block's output?
• Nikolas: Create a block class for your template and there you can add a function to render your block using pagebuilderfilter and then call it form your template.