How to render content of .phtml in controller and observer in magento

Question

I have an observer "checkout_cart_add_product_complete"

I want to render the content of cart.phtml in observer and controller which is located in /template/ajaxminicart/checkout/cart.phtml

How can i do this?

Answer 1

Check following,

<?php
$newBlock =Mage::app()->getLayout()
->createBlock('checkout/cart')
->setTemplate('ajaxminicart/checkout/cart.phtml')
-->toHtml();
echo $newBlock;
?>