README.md

Twig view renderer

This extension allows you to use Twig 3.x templates in Yii 1

Requirements

• Yii 1.1 or above
• PHP 7.2 or above

Installing

• Install via Composer:

composer require vintagesucks/twig-renderer

• Add the following to your config file 'components' section:

'viewRenderer' => [
    'class' => 'root.vendor.vintagesucks.twig-renderer.ETwigViewRenderer',
    'twigPathAlias' => 'root.vendor.twig.twig.lib.Twig',
    'fileExtension' => '.twig',
],

Usage

• See Twig syntax
• Current controller properties are accessible via {{ this.pageTitle }}
• Yii::app() object is accessible via {{ App }} (Example: {{ App.name }})
• Yii's core static classes (CHtml, for example) are accessible via {{ C.ClassNameWithoutFirstC.Method }} (Example: {{ C.Html.textField(name,'value') }})
• To call functions or methods which return non-string results wrap these calls in a void function: {{ void(App.clientScript.registerScriptFile(...)) }}