Drupal - how to display block in node?

How do I place a Drupal block's contents into a node?

There used to be a module that did this, but I forget what it's called, and am unsure as to its compatibility with various versions of Drupal. The easiest and most direct way to place the contents of a block in a page are using the following PHP snippet:

<?php
$block = module_invoke('menu', 'block', 'view', 26);
print $block['content'];
?>

Placing any Drupal block within a node

In this particular example, we're displaying a menu block with ID 26 inside a page. Here's how you use this code snippet to insert any block (this example uses Drupal 5.x; for other Drupal versions, the process should be similar):

• Browse to Site Building -> Blocks -> List
• Browse over the "configure" link next to your block

This will reveal the following address line (in this example we are using a custom block with ID 26)

/admin/build/block/configure/block/26

the last two variables are the ones we're interested in: /block/26

This works for any content type, and any block

If we wanted to place this custom block into a page, we would simply substitute these values into our PHP code snippet (which we place in a node (page or other content type)) as follows:

<?php
$block = module_invoke('block', 'block', 'view', 26);
print $block['content'];
?>

Notice that the middle two terms ('block', 'view') always stay the same. You're simply updating the first and last term.

Voila

What if I want to display a node in a block?

For the reverse method, displaying a node (such as a page) in a block, we recommend you use the node as block module.