I've created a custom block, however when calling the block from cms page displays nothing. Even the content of cms page does not displat that is above the call to custom block

Here is How i'm calling the block

{{block type="brandproducts/brandproducts" template="brandproducts/brandproducts.phtml"}} 

Custom Block Code is As Follows

Block File

<?php // app/code/local/Compx/Brandproducts/Block/Recentproducts.php class Compx_Brandproducts_Block_Brandproducts extends Mage_Core_Block_Template { public function getBrandProducts() { // call model to fetch data $arr_products = array(); $products = Mage::getModel("brandproducts/brandproducts")->getBrandProducts(); foreach ($products as $product) { $arr_products[] = array( 'id' => $product­>getId(), 'name' => $product->getName(), 'url' => $product->getProductUrl(), ); } return $arr_products; } } ?> 

Model File

<?php // app/code/local/Compx/Brandproducts/Model/Brandproducts.php class Compx_Brandproducts_Model_Brandproducts extends Mage_Core_Model_Abstract { public function getBrandProducts() { $products = Mage::getModel("catalog/product")->getCollection(); $products->addAttributeToSelect('*') //->setOrder('entity_id', 'DESC') ->setPageSize(5); return $products; } } ?> 

Config file

<!-- app/code/local/Compx/Brandproducts/etc/config.xml --> <?xml version="1.0"?> <config> <modules> <Compx_Brandproducts> <version>1.0</version> </Compx_Brandproducts> </modules> <global> <blocks> <brandproducts> <class>Compx_Brandproducts_Block</class> </brandproducts> </blocks> <models> <brandproducts> <class>Compx_Brandproducts_Model</class> </brandproducts> </models> </global> </config> 

This just outputs blank. If i remove the custom block placeholder from cms page, other static content loads fine

I've been calling direct template files from other pages and that just works fine, like {block type="core/template" .. } however not works at all with custom block

It just display nothing, not even print_r or echo strings

Template File

 <?php // app/design/frontend/compx_package/compx/template/brandproducts/brandproducts.phtml print_r("hi 123"); //exit; $products = $this->getBrandProducts(); ?> <div id="product_list"> <h1>Brand Products</h1> <?php if (is_array($products) && count($products)) { ?> <?php foreach($products as $product) { ?> <div> <a href="<?php echo $product['url'] ?>"><?php echo $product['name'] ?></a> </div> <?php } ?> <?php } ?> </div>