This is probably a very simple one to be answered...
I have a piece of code which I need to pull a certain piece of information.
<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('XXXX')->toHTML();?>
For this to work I need the XXXX part to pull the result of the following query:
<?php echo $_product->getAttributeText('warranty') ?>
So the output from the above query will then be the information needed to go in to XXXX.
This markup is completely wrong below but should demonstrate the idea I am trying to achieve:
<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('<?php echo $_product->getAttributeText('warranty') ?>')->toHTML();?>
You just have a redundant PHP opening <?php inside the code. You are already in PHP context so you can do that call directly.
<?php echo
$this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId($_product->getAttributeText('warranty'))->toHTML();?>
However, this is quite complicated and difficult to debug. I would split it in several lines and use variables... remember that you can do it in that context, you are not bound to do everything in one line only :)