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Extending a Symfony parent Twig block in child view’s block with parent() call easy, useful and DRY

Aaron Belchamber — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:59:08 +0000

Twig blocks are like methods in a class. If the Twig container is a class, Twig blocks are methods. So you can call on a parent Twig view and extend the parent just like a function using the “parent()” function like below within the dynamic content tags, which are a pair of squiggly brackets. Here’s […]

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Symfony Framework: Calling on other controllers from your TWIG views handy and efficient

Aaron Belchamber — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 11:31:14 +0000

In the newest versions of Symfony greater than 2.2 you can embed output from controller by calling it with this handy TWIG snippet: {{ render(controller('PostBundle:Posts:recentPosts', { 'category': 'cool symfony tips' })) }} Check out Sensio Lab’s documentation to learn more. This is especially useful if you want to create a snippet that will deliver content […]

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