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PHP Building Websites with PHP Contact Form & Sending Email Testing For POST Data

Posted by Gleb Sklyr
Gleb Sklyr
17,492 Points

PHP in twig?

So if i write php code in the twig file like this:

{% block something %}

    <?php (some php code) ?>
     (Some html code)

{% endblock something %}

I works for the html code. It won't work for the php code... Is there any simple way to make twig execute the php code?

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

That is a good question. I assumed you could put PHP in the block, but have not actually tried. Have you used Google to try to find the answer? If you find one please post the answer because I will want to do the same thing in the future.

2 Answers

Gleb Sklyr
Gleb Sklyr
17,492 Points
Gleb Sklyr
Gleb Sklyr
17,492 Points

So apparently this is not possible directly but I solved it in one way. I translated my PHP code into twig code... I know this is a lame solution if you have large PHP files but I don't know, the {% include 'file.php' %} didn't really work. So for example, the PHP code:

?php $mac_book_air = array('MacBook', 'PC'); ? <optgroup label="Macbook Air"> <?php foreach( $mac_book_air as $mac_air ){ ?> <option value="<?php echo $mac_air ?>"><?php echo $mac_air ?></option> <?php } ?> </optgroup>

would be this in twig:

{% set mac_book_air = [ 'MacBook', ''PC'] %}

{% for key, user in mac_book_air %} <option value="{{user}}">{{ user }}: {{ user.username|e }}</option> {% endfor %}

So basically I looked up the array and for loop syntaxes for twig and translated...

I WOULD APPRECIATE IF SOMONE FOUND A BETTER ANSWER ! ! !

carlos tighe
carlos tighe
261 Points
carlos tighe
carlos tighe
261 Points

The whole point of using a template system is that you dont have php in it. Use twig syntax instead 

    {% for user in users %}
        {{ loop.index }} - {{ user.username }}
    {% endfor %}