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Fabien Potencier
2010-12-18 14:19:40 +01:00
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{% include var|default('index') ~ '_foo.html' %}
Overriding a Template that also extends itself
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A template can be customized in two different ways:
* *Inheritance*: A template *extends* a parent template and overrides some
blocks;
* *Replacement*: If you use the filesystem loader, Twig loads the first
template if finds in a list of configured directories; a template found in a
directory *replaces* another one from a directory further in the list.
But how do you combine both: *replace* a template that also extends itself
(aka a template in a directory further in the list)?
Let's say that your templates are loaded from both ``.../templates/mysite``
and ``.../templates/default`` in this order. The ``page.twig`` template,
stored in ``.../templates/default`` reads as follows:
.. node-block:: jinja
{# page.twig #}
{% extends "layout.twig" %}
{% block content %}
{% endblock %}
You can replace this template by putting a file with the same name in
``.../templates/mysite``. And if you want to extend the original template, you
might be tempted to write the following:
.. node-block:: jinja
{# page.twig in .../templates/mysite #}
{% extends "page.twig" %} {# from .../templates/default #}
Of course, this will not work as Twig will always load the template from
``.../templates/mysite``.
It turns out it is possible to get this to work, by adding a directory right
at the end of your template directories, which is the parent of all of the
other directories: ``.../templates`` in our case. This has the effect of
making every template file within our system uniquely addressable. Most of the
time you will use the "normal" paths, but in the special case of wanting to
extend a template with an overriding version of itself we can reference its
parent's full, unambiguous template path in the extends tag:
.. node-block:: jinja
{# page.twig in .../templates/mysite #}
{% extends "default/page.twig" %} {# from .../templates #}
.. note::
This recipe was inspired by the following Django wiki page:
http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/ExtendingTemplates
Customizing the Syntax
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