Move block and set template

Question

I succesfully moved the product related block in my page layout with

<move element="catalog.product.related" destination="product.info.right" after='-'/>

I want now to apply a custom template to this block:

product/list/mytemplate.phtml instead of product/list/items.phtml How can I do?

I tried adding also

<block class="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ProductList\Related" name="product.review.related" template="product/list/items.phtml" />

but it don't works.

Answer 1

Just for Knowledge share: I used the following code to load related product collection and show results in a custom way (only "formato" field)

 <?php
$relatedProducts = $_product->getRelatedProductCollection()
                            ->addAttributeToSelect('formato');
?>          

<?php if ((count($relatedProducts)) != 0): ?>
<div class="altriformati">
    <h4 class="categorie">Altri formati disponibili:</h4>
    <?php foreach ($relatedProducts as $relatedProduct) {?>
    <a href="<?php echo $relatedProduct->getProductUrl(); ?>" title="acquista anche nel formato <?php echo $relatedProduct->getAttributeText('formato'); ?>">    
    <img src="<?php echo $store->getBaseUrl();  ?>pub/media/formati/<?php echo $relatedProduct->getAttributeText('formato'); ?>.png" alt="disponibile nel formato <?php echo $relatedProduct->getAttributeText('formato'); ?>" class="detail-icon"/>
    <?php echo $relatedProduct->getAttributeText('formato'); ?>
    </a>
    <?php } ?>
</div>  
<?php endif;?>

Answer 2

You should try with reference block method.

<referenceBlock name="product.review.related">
<arguments>
    <argument name="template" xsi:type="string">[Vendor]_[Module]::product/list/items.phtml</argument>
</arguments>

In above name="" write your block identifier name. and name="" in argument pass tempalte.

Or you can set a template in the block file.

echo $this->getLayout()
      -createBlock('Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ProductList\Related')
      ->setBlockId('product.review.related')
      ->toHtml();

Here I am sharing knowledge of how to set a custom template to block. template path and block identifier should be changed as per your requirement.

I hope it helps!

Answer 3

You should indicate the specific Module location of your template:

<block class="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ProductList\Related" name="product.review.related" template="Vendor_Module::product/list/items.phtml" />