Twig templates engine: get current url - php

Question

How can I get the current URL from a Twig template?
I am using Twig with PHP, without any other framework.

Answer 1

The following works in Silex and most certainly in Symfony2 as they share the Request class (I did not test though) :
{{ app.request.getRequestUri() }}

Answer 2

Finding the current URL
The current URL is supplied by your web server and written to the $_SERVER super-global. Run this small script, <?php echo '<pre>'; print_r($_SERVER);, through your server and root around to find the value(s) you are looking for.
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The PHP manual describes the nature of the available $_SERVER values here.
Getting the URL in TWIG
After you have the URL, you need to pass it as a template variable when calling render(...) on the Twig template instance. For example, you might code this.
$current_url = // figure out what the current url is
// pass the current URL as a variable to the template
echo $template->render(array('current_url' => $current_url));
To use the variable in the template, you use the {{ variable_name }} syntax.
Developer's basic Twig documentation
Twig designer documentation for using variables.

Answer 3

Go http://api.symfony.com/2.3/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Request.html
or : {{ app.request.getUri() }} for full Uri.

Answer 4

Keeping best practice in mind, at this time you should use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack.
See http://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-2-4-the-request-stack.
As of Symfony 2.4, the best practice is to never inject the request service, but to inject the request_stack service instead [...]
So in a Silex application it could be achieved with :
app.request_stack.getCurrentRequest.getUri

Answer 5

Here something I found to make it generic with the sliex Framework.
I guess my solution is not perfect but it's get the job done.
in your PHP code add this code :
$app = new Silex\Application();
// add the current url to the app object.
$app['current_url'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
Then in your Twig template you can do
{{ app.current_url }}
Let me know what is the botom line of this method.