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PHP Converting an HTML Site to a PHP Micro Framework

Sam Deacon
Sam Deacon
2,650 Points
Posted by Sam Deacon
Sam Deacon
2,650 Points

Newbie (silex/twig specific) questions

EDIT I now realise I was fundamentally incorrect in the way I was approaching twig (a templating engine, not so much a platform to inject raw php).

1- as above (using

{% include 'test.php' %} 

//test.php
<?php echo "hello"; ?>

doesn't seem to do anything). Fair enough

2- you can pass variables to a controller/route such as 

$app->get('/hello/{name}', function ($name) {
    return "Hello, {$name}!!";
});

EDIT: to pass variables to a .php.twig templated page, it seems to like you passing some sort of associated array. you can do:

$app->get('/contact/{name}/{lname}', function($name, $lname) use($app) {
    return $app['twig']->render('contact.php.twig', array(
        'name' => $name,
        'lname' => $lname
    ));

});

//contact
<h3> My name is {{ name }} {{lname}}</h3>

or somesuch.

3- following on from part 1 using raw php - how would you say, include a basic mysqli object database connection.php + output SQL query, within a twig templated sitepage? EDIT --> still learning but I'm sure I'll get there!

Ryan Mayo
Ryan Mayo
23,604 Points

I could be way off here, but I think that in a modern MCV website/app you'd want to put your sql connections in your model. Twig seems like more of a front end template system for your view files and suchlike. If what I am saying doesn't make sense do the Laravel basics course that Mr Paulk teaches. As an added bonus you'll understand why you'd bother converting a website into a framework like Silex at all.

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/laravel-4-basics

(caveat silex isn't technically a MVC framework, but a lot of the logic will carry over such as separation of your sql from your other files)