protected function _generateBlockLayoutXML($blockName) { if (self::$_layoutXml == null) { self::$_layoutXml = Mage::app()->getLayout()->getUpdate()->asSimplexml(); } $sections = self::$_layoutXml->xpath("//block[@name='{$blockName}'] | //reference[@name='{$blockName}']"); $layoutXml = ''; foreach ($sections as $section) { $layoutXml .= $this->_generateSubBlockLayoutXml($section); } $layout = new Mage_Core_Model_Layout(); $layout->getUpdate()->addUpdate($layoutXml); $layout->generateXml(); $layoutXml = $layout->getXmlString(); return $layoutXml; }