custom layout not rendering for overridden login method

Question

Please some one dont close this as duplicate, no answers fixing my issue:

Im trying to create a new page in which login and register come together and will have custom fields.

Below is the my folder structure:

app
 - code
 - local
 - Php
 - Customer
 - etc
 - controllers
 - Model
app
 - design
 - frontend
 - default
 - php
 - layout
 - template

Below is the module config file:

app/code/local/php/Customer/etc/config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
 <modules>
 <Php_Customer>
 <version>0.1.0</version>
 </Php_Customer>
 </modules>
 <frontend>
 <routers>
 <customer>
 <use>standard</use>
 <args>
 <modules>
 <php_customer before="Mage_Customer">Php_Customer</php_customer>
 </modules>
 </args>
 </customer>
 </routers>
 <layout>
 <updates>
 <customer module="Php_Customer">
 <file>php_customer.xml</file>
 </customer>
 </updates>
 </layout>
 </frontend>
</config>

Below is account controller:

app/code/local/php/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php

<?php
require_once 'Mage/Customer/controllers/AccountController.php';
class Php_Customer_AccountController extends Mage_Customer_AccountController
{
 public function loginAction(){
 die('Php Overriden');
 $this->loadLayout();
 $this->renderLayout();
 } 
}

Below is the layout config:

app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/php_customer.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout>
 <php_customer_account_login>
 <reference name="content">
 <block type="module/ablock" name="login" template="popup_login.phtml" />
 </reference>
 </php_customer_account_login>
</layout>

below is the template file:

app/design/frontend/base/default/template/popup_login.phtml

<p>HTML Rendered Successfully</p>

When I echo something in the controller its printing on the screen, So I understood module added. but the phtml file is not rendering.

Below is exception log file:

exception 'Mage_Core_Exception' with message 'Invalid block type: Mage_Php_Customer_Block_Login' in D:\wamp\www\promo\app\Mage.php:595

No error log captured.

• Qaisar Satti: check the error log and past it too

Answer 1

<block type="module/ablock" name="login" template="popup_login.phtml" />

change it

<block type="core/template" name="login" template="popup_login.phtml" />

if it is working. then create your block.

• Anto S: whats the difference between these two?
• Qaisar Satti: this is a big difference. this is core core/template block. other will be created by you. and i think you don't create the block and extend from that block.
• Anto S: yes I haven't created any Php/Customer/Block Its working after changing module/ablock to core/template