Magento - using $this->getPriceHtml on custom page template

Question

I have a scroller showing a collection of products currently on sale, which I call using the following:

$todayDate  = Mage::app()->getLocale()->date()->         


        

Answer 1

My colleague recommended using this Magento friendly method to get the price html anywhere:

load($product->getId());
      $productBlock = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_price');
      echo $productBlock->getPriceHtml($_product); ?>

If you're already working with a loaded product then you won't need the first line, however my product was from a collection so this was necessary.