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As magento1.9.2 is added cachetags function in to construct functon i must have to give seperate cachetags for each block element because its get conflict with varnish to read key. i have solved this issue in.phtml file to set key like below

 $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block','',
         array(
         'cache_lifetime' => false,
         'cache_tags' => array(Mage_Cms_Model_Block::CACHE_TAG."_twocmspages")
                          ))->setBlockId("twocmspages")->toHtml();

but if need to assign same cache_tags using xml with setMethod how can i do this.

<block type="cms/block" name="block_id">
... set cachetag here
</block>

Is any one has idea how to add cache_tag array arrgument from XML ?

your help will be appreciated here.

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Arguments in <action> can be defined as nested elements and will be converted to array:

<block type="cms/block" name="block_id">
    <action method="setTags">
        <tags>
            <tag1>cms_block_twocmspages</tag1>
            <tag2>( just in case you want to add more tags )</tag2>
        </tags>
    </action>
</block>

It should be noted that <tag1> and <tag2> will be the array keys, so you cannot use the same tag name and you cannot pass arrays with numeric indexes because XML tags cannot be numbers.

A more flexible solution is using JSON. Just specify which argument should be parsed as JSON with the json attribute of <action>:

<block type="cms/block" name="block_id">
    <action method="setTags" json="tags">
        <tags>["cms_block_twocmspages"]</tags>
    </action>
</block>
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  • ha. it works with json=...? I never knew that. Can you tell me where this is parsed because I'm really curious. Commented Jul 22, 2015 at 14:49
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    Never mind. I found it: github.com/OpenMage/magento-mirror/blob/magento-1.9/app/code/…. Good to know. Commented Jul 22, 2015 at 14:51
  • thanks for your answer, not working with json like this <action method="setCacheTags" json="CacheTags"> <cachetags>["cms_block_twocmspages"]</cachetags> </action> will you please make me correct ? it's giving me fatal error :( Commented Jul 22, 2015 at 14:56
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    The elements are case sensitive, so if you use <cachetags>, it has to be json="cachetags" Commented Jul 22, 2015 at 14:58
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Not sure if you can do it directly from the layout but you can do a trick.
Everything parameter you pass to an <action> tag can come from a helper.

Something like this:

<block type="something/here" name="some_name">
    <action method="setSomething">
        <something helper="module/getSomething" />
    </action>
</block>

This means that the method setSomething from the block something/here will be called and will receive as parameter the result of Mage::helper('module')->getSomething().

So you can try the same for your code:

<block type="cms/block" name="block_id">
    <action method="setCacheTags">
         <tags helper="modulename/getBlockTags" />
    </action>
</block>

now just implement the method getBlockTags() in the helper Namespace_Modulename_Helper_Data that returns the array with your tags.

If you don't to add the method in a helper called Data, let's say you add it in the helper Namespace_Modulename_Helper_Something you need the tags tag like this:

<tags helper="modulename/something/getBlockTags" />
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  • sir. Thank you very much to give quick reply. method still valid with custom code.+1 for me. Commented Jul 22, 2015 at 15:08

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