Twig (template engine)
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| Original author(s) | Armin Ronacher[1], Fabien Potencier |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | SensioLabs |
| Initial release | October 12, 2009 |
| Stable release | 1.18[2]
/ February 1, 2015 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Template engine |
| License | BSD License |
| Website | twig |
Twig is a template engine for the PHP programming language. Its syntax originates from Jinja and Django templates.[3] It's an open source product[4] licensed under a BSD License and maintained by Fabien Potencier. The initial version was created by Armin Ronacher. Symfony2 PHP framework comes with a bundled support for Twig as its default template engine.[5]
Example
The example below demonstrates some basic features of Twig.
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block navigation %}
<ul id="navigation">
{% for item in navigation %}
<li>
<a href="{{ item.href }}">
{% if 2 == item.level %} {% endif %}
{{ item.caption|upper }}
</a>
</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endblock navigation %}
Twig defines three kinds of delimiters:
- {% ... %}, which is used to execute statements, such as for-loops.
- {{ ... }}, which is used to print the content of variables or the result of evaluating an expression.
- {# ... #}, which is used to add comments in the templates. These comments aren't included in the rendered page.
Features
- complex control flow
- automatic escaping
- template inheritance
- variable filters
- i18n support (gettext)
- macros
- fully extendable[3][6]
See also
- Smarty
- Twital, a template engine that compile its sources into Twig templates, adding some features as context-aware escaping, attribute-expression and creating more readable templates.
References
- ^ Original Repository
- ^ [1]. Twig 1.18.0 released (2015-02-01).
- ^ a b Twig documentation for template designers
- ^ Twig repository on GitHub
- ^ Symfony2 Documentation
- ^ Extending Twig
External links
- Twig official website
- Potencier, Fabien (October 7, 2009). "Templating Engines in PHP". Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- Potencier, Fabien (November 20, 2009). "Templating Engines in PHP (Перевод: Шаблонизаторы в PHP)" (in Russian). Retrieved 6 April 2011.