Custom configuration in Symfony

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I need to define such configuration parameters as the contacts of the company (phone, address etc) for using in twig templates. How am I supposed to make it? The most obvious way to me is adding them into the app/config/config.yml file like this:

# Put parameters here that don't need to change on each machine where the app is deployed
# https://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/configuration.html#application-related-configuration
parameters:
    locale: en
    contacts:
        phone: 08455555050

Is that ok or there is any better way?

Also, the docs say I should use constants in entities for params that never change, but I don't need an entity for which would hold these data, how to be with this? I'm just starting with Symfony and confused.

symfony.com/doc/current/components/config/definition.html, and for twig specifically: symfony.com/doc/current/templating/global_variables.html — Alex Blex
– Alex Blex, Commented Sep 15, 2017 at 9:40
Another option is to inject parameter into your controller (or fetch it in controller - depending on your setup) then pass it to twig template. — BentCoder
– BentCoder, Commented Sep 15, 2017 at 10:33

super.t · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-15 10:26:44Z

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Well I've made it this way:

app/config/services.yml:

parameters:
    locale: en
    contacts:
        phone: '123455678'
...
twig:
    debug: '%kernel.debug%'
    strict_variables: '%kernel.debug%'
    globals:
        contacts: '%contacts%'

Twig:

<span>{{ contacts.phone }}</span>

answered Sep 15, 2017 at 10:26

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Etienne Gautier Over a year ago

A color hexadecimal is a constant. A phone number isn't, in any case. You need to put this parameter in the parameters.yml (don't forget about the parameters.yml.dist).

BentCoder Over a year ago

@Sergey Same as this: inanzzz.com/index.php/post/m8rt/… If you're learning symfony, I suggest you go check that blog. Symfony's documentation can be very superficial for the beginners.

Dylan Delobel · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-15 09:57:37Z

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Make a Service that return your Company

A Simple getCompany that return the doctrine entity

Register the service

# app/config/services.yml
services:

    AppBundle\Service\MyTwigExtension:
        class: YourService

Register the service in Twig global

# app/config/config.yml
twig:
    # ...
    globals:
        # the value is the service's id
        user_management: '@AppBundle\Service\MyTwigExtension'

And on your base twig template you can call the service like this

{% set Company = company.getCompanyInfo() %}

And anywhere you need Company details you can do Company.getMyField

I suggest you to make a entity so the user could get a backend to modify his company details, this will be more flexible is the future

edited Sep 15, 2017 at 9:57

answered Sep 15, 2017 at 9:52

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super.t Over a year ago

Good idea, but far too complicated for the stage I am now at, I don't need any entities at all at this point. Seems like the only way I what I described in the original question.

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