Jasny Twig Extensions

, _(*1)

A number of useful filters for Twig., _(*2)

Installation

Jasny's Twig Extensions can be easily installed using composer, _(*3)

composer require jasny/twig-extensions

Usage

$twig = new Twig_Environment($loader, $options);
$twig->addExtension(new Jasny\Twig\DateExtension());
$twig->addExtension(new Jasny\Twig\PcreExtension());
$twig->addExtension(new Jasny\Twig\TextExtension());
$twig->addExtension(new Jasny\Twig\ArrayExtension());

To use in a Symfony project register the extensions as a service., _(*4)

services:
  twig.extension.date:
    class: Jasny\Twig\DateExtension
    tags:
      - { name: twig.extension }

  twig.extension.pcre:
    class: Jasny\Twig\PcreExtension
    tags:
      - { name: twig.extension }

  twig.extension.text:
    class: Jasny\Twig\TextExtension
    tags:
      - { name: twig.extension }

  twig.extension.array:
    class: Jasny\Twig\ArrayExtension
    tags:
      - { name: twig.extension }

Date extension

Format a date based on the current locale. Requires the intl extension., _(*5)

localdate - Format the date value as a string based on the current locale
localtime - Format the time value as a string based on the current locale
localdatetime - Format the date/time value as a string based on the current locale
age - Get the age (in years) based on a date
duration - Get the duration string from seconds

Locale::setDefault(LC_ALL, "en_US"); // vs "nl_NL"

{{"now"|localdate('long')}}                 <!-- July 12, 2013 --> <!-- 12 juli 2013 -->
{{"now"|localtime('short')}}                <!-- 5:53 PM --> <!-- 17:53 -->
{{"2013-10-01 23:15:00"|localdatetime}}     <!-- 10/01/2013 11:15 PM --> <!-- 01-10-2013 23:15 -->
{{"22-08-1981"|age}}                        <!-- 35 -->
{{ 3600|duration }}                         <!-- 1h -->

PCRE

Exposes PCRE to Twig., _(*6)

preg_quote - Quote regular expression characters
preg_match - Perform a regular expression match
preg_get - Perform a regular expression match and return the matched group
preg_get_all - Perform a regular expression match and return the group for all matches
preg_grep - Perform a regular expression match and return an array of entries that match the pattern
preg_replace - Perform a regular expression search and replace
preg_filter - Perform a regular expression search and replace, returning only matched subjects.
preg_split - Split text into an array using a regular expression

{% if client.email|preg_match('/^.+@.+\.\w+$/') %}Email: {{ client.email }}{% endif %}
Website: {{ client.website|preg_replace('~^https?://~')
First name: {{ client.fullname|preg_get('/^\S+/') }}
<ul>
  {% for item in items|preg_split('/\s+/')|preg_filter('/-test$/', 'invert') %}
    <li>{{ item }}</li>
  {% endfor %}
</ul>

Text

Convert text to HTML + string functions, _(*7)

paragraph - Add HTML paragraph and line breaks to text
line - Get a single line of text
less - Cut of text on a page break
truncate - Cut off text if it's too long
linkify - Turn all URLs into clickable links (also supports Twitter @user and #subject)