Adding custom Twig Extension: Sample Gist + a question

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I created a gist to show how to add a custom Twig extension to Slim V3: https://gist.github.com/rgasch/5c7f76c0e953f6782478420bb4c1da57

Maybe others will find this useful.

However, I do have 1 question: what is the getName() method used for? If I change it to something non-sensical my extension still works, so I’m a bit puzzled by this.

Thanks for any insights.

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There is a little note about this in the Twig documentation for creating an extension.

To keep your extension class clean and lean, it can inherit from the built-in Twig_Extension class instead of implementing the whole interface. That way, you just need to implement the getName() method as the Twig_Extension provides empty implementations for all other methods.

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Thanks for pointing this out, I somehow missed this (I’ve done a ton of very quick documentation reading and lots of coding over the past few days, it’s all a bit of a blur).