Template resolver

Template resolver enables overriding templates. It is an alternative to the Symfony override functionality.

The template resolver goes through all configured bundles and designs (if specified), looking for the requested template. If it can't find the requested template, the template resolver takes this template or the default one.

An override is activated by a template resolver configuration. You can configure:

• list of bundles
• list of designs (folders with templates)
• default template

Overriding templates

In this example you have a project with a bundle src/Client/Bundle/WebsiteBundle, a SiteAccess website_de_de and you want to override Ibexa Commerce bundle templates.

Step 1. Change config_{env}.yml or parameters.yml

The template resolver is disabled in the default configuration and has to be enabled:

parameters:
    # 1. Enable template resolver
    siso_tools.website_de_de.template_resolver.enabled: true    # true|false

    # 2. Define that your bundle is able to override templates
    siso_tools.website_de_de.template_resolver.bundles: [ClientWebsiteBundle]

Note

The template resolver uses dynamic configuration of the ConfigResolver.

If you want to have one configuration for all SiteAccesses, use the default scope:

siso_tools.default.template_resolver.enabled: false

Step 2. Create new templates

To override templates, you have to reflect the structure of Ibexa Commerce vendor bundles, e.g.:

Original template	vendor/silversolutions/silver.e-shop/src/Silversolutions/Bundle/EshopBundle/Resources/views/Catalog/catalog.html.twig
New template	/src/Client/Bundle/WebsiteBundle/Resources/views/Catalog/catalog.html.twig

In this example the template from ClientWebsiteBundle overrides catalog.html.twig from SilversolutionsEshopBundle.

Overriding templates using designs

Design is an additional folder in your Resources/views. Templates in the design folder have to reflect the structure of the bundle or bundles that you want to override.

In this example you prepare templates for a website redesign with a provisional name new_redesign.

Step 1. Change config_{env}.yml or parameters.yml

parameters:
    siso_tools.website_de_de.template_resolver.enabled: true    # true|false
    siso_tools.website_de_de.template_resolver.bundles: [ClientWebsiteBundle]

    # Define design name
    siso_tools.website_de_de.template_resolver.designs: [new_redesign]

Step 2. Create new templates in the design folder

Create new folder Resources/views/designs/new_redesign in your bundle and put new templates there:

Original template	vendor/silversolutions/silver.e-shop/src/Silversolutions/Bundle/EshopBundle/Resources/views/Catalog/catalog.html.twig
New template	src/Client/Bundle/WebsiteBundle/Resources/views/designs/new_redesign/Catalog/catalog.html.twig

In this example the template from the design new_redesign in the ClientWebsiteBundle overrides catalog.html.twig from SilversolutionsEshopBundle.

Templates in design folders always have precedence over other templates.

If you have both new_redesign/Catalog/catalog.html.twig and Catalog/catalog.html.twig, the first one is used.

Configuration

Parameter	Type	Description	Default	Example
siso_tools.<scope>.template_resolver.enabled	bool (true|false)	Enable or disable template resolver	true	true
siso_tools.<scope>.template_resolver.bundles	array	List of bundle names	[ ] (all bundles)	[Bundle1, Bundle2, Bundle3]
siso_tools.<scope>.template_resolver.designs	array	List of bundle names	[ ] (none)	[Design1, Design2]
siso_tools.<scope>.template_resolver.default_template	string	Default template to return if nothing is found	SisoToolsBundle:TemplateResolver:default.html.twig	SisoToolsBundle:TemplateResolver:default.html.twig

Developing with the template resolver

Use in templates

To make a template overridable, use the template filter st_resolve_template with its name.

{% extends "SilversolutionsEshopBundle::pagelayout.html.twig"|st_resolve_template %}
<div class="grid_4">
    {{ include('SilversolutionsEshopBundle:parts:address.html.twig'|st_resolve_template, {'class' : 'styled_list', 'address' : buyerAddress, 'displayEmail' : false, 'displayPhone' : false}) }}

Note

You cannot include blocks with the use tag because of specific implementation of this tag.

Because use statements are resolved independently of the context passed to the template, the template reference cannot be an expression.

Use in PHP code

Use in controllers

To make using of the template resolver in controllers easier, you can inherit the controller from Silversolutions\Bundle\EshopBundle\Controller\BaseController. In this case the render and renderView methods get rendered with a template using TemplateResolver, i.e. overridden template.

use Silversolutions\Bundle\EshopBundle\Controller\BaseController;

class ExampleController extends BaseController
{
    public function showAction(Request $request)
    {
        return $this->render(
            'SilversolutionsEshopBundle:Basket:show.html.twig',
            array(
                'param' => 'example_param'
            )
        );
    }
}

General usage

Alternatively, you can inject the template resolver in your service (or take it from container) and resolve the template there:

/** @var TemplateResolverServiceInterface $templateResolverService */
$templateResolverService = $this->get('siso_tools.template_resolver');

$resolvedTemplate = $templateResolverService->resolve('YourBundle:new_redesign/Catalog/catalog.html.twig');

Debugging

You can get information about the template resolver configuration and overridden templates in the SilverSolutions tab of the Symfony debug toolbar:

For example:

Limitations

Using the template resolver has the following limitations:

• pagelayout.html.twig cannot be resolved by the template resolver
• it is not possible to override templates included with the Twig use operator.
• it is not possible to use the template resolver in the configuration, so for overriding standard templates, for example full eZ templates, you need to override the configuration:

ezpublish:
    system:
        <scope>:
            location_view:
                full:
                    silverModuleRuleset:
                        #change the template name here
                        template: SilversolutionsEshopBundle::st_module.html.twig
                        match:
                            Identifier\ContentType: [st_module]
                    silverEshopProductCatalogRuleset:
                        #change the template name here
                        template: SilversolutionsEshopBundle::ses_productcatalog.html.twig
                        match:
                            Identifier\ContentType: [ses_productcatalog]