Commerce Commerce 1.x Developer Twig and Views

Prior to Commerce 1.1, you would regularly see (or write!) $commerce->twig->{some twig method}, which is a rather tight coupling. In Commerce 1.1, a new \modmore\Commerce\View\ViewInterface interface was added, along with a \modmore\Commerce\View\TwigView implementation. The legacy direct access to $commerce->twig has been deprecated and will be removed in 1.3.

The ViewInterface lets you use the following methods:

  • render(string $template, array $placeholders) for rendering a twig template file
  • renderString(string $template, array $placeholders) for rendering a parsed string template (previously accomplished with twig’s createTemplate() and processing that)
  • addTemplatesPath($fullPath) to add additional template directories to the template inheritance

The instantiated view is accessed through Commerce::view() (note that’s a method and not a property, unlike the legacy Commerce::$twig), so depending on the context you’re calling from, either $commerce->view() or $this->commerce->view().

The view() method is guaranteed to return an in-memory \modmore\Commerce\View\ViewInterface implementation, so you can chain it immediately and call it repeatedly.

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render

Use for rendering a template file.

Arguments:

  • string $template: the theme-directory-relative path and filename to the template to parse, e.g. frontend/checkout/cart.twig
  • array $placeholders: key => value pair array of additional values/placeholders/context to provide into the template.

Return value:

  • a parsed template

Throws:

  • \modmore\Commerce\Exceptions\ViewException if an error occurred with parsing the template. This may contain the original exception thrown by Twig. Can happen if the filename is incorrect or if the template contains invalid syntax.

Example:

<?php
try {
    return $commerce->view()->render('frontend/price.twig', [
        'integer' => 1234,
        'formatted' => '€12,34',
        'currency' => [
            'alpha_code' => 'EUR',
        ]
    ]);
}
catch (\modmore\Commerce\Exceptions\ViewException $e) {
    return $e->getMessage();
}

renderString

Use for rendering a literal template string. Note that this does not automatically process MODX tags; only twig syntax.

Arguments:

  • string $template: a string template (not a file, but the literal template string) to process e.g. <p>Hello {{ world }}</p>.
  • array $placeholders: key => value pair array of additional values/placeholders/context to provide into the template.

Return value:

  • a parsed template

Throws:

  • \modmore\Commerce\Exceptions\ViewException if an error occurred with parsing the template. This may contain the original exception thrown by Twig. Can happen if the template contains invalid syntax.

Example:

<?php
try {
    return $commerce->view()->renderString('<p>Hey {{ name }}, how are you doing?</p>', [
        'name' => 'John',
    ]);
}
catch (\modmore\Commerce\Exceptions\ViewException $e) {
    return $e->getMessage();
}

addTemplatesPath

Use to register additional template directories into the inheritance tree. Templates registered this way will take precedence over the default template, but is overridden by the user-configured theme.

Arguments:

  • string $fullPath: the full, absolute, path to a directory that holds template files.

Return value:

  • true if the directory exists and was added to the template inheritance; false if not.

Example:

<?php
$commerce->view()->addTemplatesPath('/path/to/templates/');