Accessing twig arguments from a view when template is passed as a variable

[pf-tech]

Hello,

Goal: use View::renderTemplate ( default/index.html, [ templateVars, THE TEMPLATE FILE LOCATION ]); Render the TEMPLATE and utilize Twig's {{ }} for the templateVars

Issue: Unable to access the templateVars from the View when TEMPLATE is a variable {% include(TEMPLATE-AS-A-VARIABLE) %} included on the page and not {% include('path/to/actualFileName.html') %}

Reason: I'm trying to have a static page like base.html change out the contents dynamically within one action->method, instead of changing out the render template each time. I know that if I call the template from within the view::renderTemplate the Twig variables work fine.

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I've tried a few things, such as adding a new render method in Core/View to return the values instead of echoing them out per a closed issue I found in your closed issues log. I've also tried several of the items on Twig's documentation, such as accessing the vars as a macro or trying to extend the include. I've tooled around on StackOverflow too, but so far, I haven't figured out how to do it.

Code: //Controller, Action => index View::renderTemplate(\App\Config::PF_ADMIN_DIR . '/index.html', [ 'loopofnumbers' => $ARRAY_OF_NUMBERS, 'passed_template' => \App\Config::ADMIN_DIR . $this->template, <--DYNAMIC TEMPLATE ]);

//Views, base.html

{% block body %} {% include(passed_template) %} <--renders the template but not the extra arguments {{ include(passed_template) }} <--renders the template but not the extra arguments {% endblock %}

//VARIABLE IN TEMPLATE {{ loopofnumbers }} <--not changing, renders as is

***But if View::renderTemplate(\App\Config::ADMIN_DIR . $this->template, [args]); //<--then it renders the {{ loopofnumbers }}

Is it possible to pass the template as a var and then access the other arguments for further processing, and if it can be done, how do I go about doing that?

[daveh]

I'm afraid I don't fully understand what you're trying to do, but when you use include in Twig (documentation here), you can pass variables to the included file:

{{ include('template.html', {foo: 'bar'}) }}

Is that what you meant?

[pf-tech]

Not quite. Bar would need to be a variable as well. {foo: {{bar}} }}

Basically, Twig seems to not evaluate the template when it is dynamic and coming from the controller action instead of being called as part of the render line.

View::renderTemplate(\App\Config::PF_ADMIN_DIR . $this->template_name, //<-- works with a dynamic template name (I don't want this one) View::getTemplate(\App\Config::PF_ADMIN_DIR . '/index.html', [ template_name => $templat_name as a var] //<--doesn't work (I want this one to take the other passed arguments, along with the template name, and render them, but it doesn't see the other variables passed to the template.)

[daveh]

Ah ok - I'm not sure of a way you can do that I'm afraid. Perhaps if you ask a question in a Twig forum like this one someone might be able to help.