What is the drupal way to create a custom .tpl file for theming a custom block? Specifically I m trying to create a block programmatically and then find a way to separate the view code from the module php code. If it was a page the Drupal theme() would be very efficient way to achieve this. However I can't find what is the Drupal way to do the same thing for custom blocks. I 've tried to use the hook_theme() with no luck.
//implementation of hook_block_info
function mymodule_block_info() {
$blocks = array();
$blocks['myblock'] = array(
'info' => t('My Block Title'),
);
return $blocks;
}
//implementation of hook_block_view
function mymodule_block_view($delta='') {
$block = array();
switch($delta) {
case 'myblock' :
$block['content'] = mymodule_get_block_view();
break;
}
return $block;
}
function mymodule_get_block_view(){
$variables=array();
return theme('mytemplate', $variables);
}
//implementation of hook_theme
function codefactory_theme() {
return array(
'mytemplate' => array(
'variables' => array(),
'template' => 'mytemplate',
),
);
}