Call view.phtml template in custom layout - templates

I am new in magento i am getting issue while calling the view.phtml file in custom layout.
Folowing is my code which is i am including in cutom layout file but i am getting Fatal error
Fatal error: Call to a member function getMetaTitle() on a non-object in D:\wamp\www\projects\magento\app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Block\Product\View.php on line 56.
<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_view')->setTemplate('catalog/product/view.phtml')->toHtml(); ?>
Please reply me for this issue.
Thanks in advance.

Your error occurs in the file D:\wamp\www\projects\magento\app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Block\Product\View.php on this line
$product = $this->getProduct();
$title = $product->getMetaTitle();
When you create a block you do not specify a product for which the block is created, and this is an important and required parameter.
Function to get the product :
public function getProduct()
{
if (!Mage::registry('product') && $this->getProductId())
{
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($this->getProductId());
Mage::register('product', $product);
}
return Mage::registry('product');
}
Do you actually have one option how to fix this problem, but it is not quite beautiful, but working.
<?php
Mage::register('product',Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(YOUR_PRODUCT_ID));
echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_view')->setTemplate('catalog/product/view.phtml')->toHtml();
Mage::unregister('product');
?>
This decision can not be used on the product page.

You shouldn't instantiate a Block like that.
Take a look at the standard product page to understand how it works :
You have a controller named catalog/product/view wich is defined in the Mage_Catalog_ProductController class
This controller is linked to a Layout update handle defined in the catalog.xml file in app/design/package/theme/layout/catalog.xml
In this layout file, you'll see that the block catalog/product_view is declared with a few children :
<catalog_product_view translate="label">
[...]
<reference name="content">
<block type="catalog/product_view" name="product.info" template="catalog/product/view.phtml">
<block type="catalog/product_view_media" name="product.info.media" as="media" template="catalog/product/view/media.phtml"/>
<block type="core/text_list" name="alert.urls" as="alert_urls" translate="label">
<label>Alert Urls</label>
</block>
[...]
This this the part you're missing by instantiate it manually.
You must adapt/understand the layout in catalog.xml for your needs
Good luck

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