Pass parameter to all views

Question

I want to display the username/last connection date/time and some other info on all of my Twig views (which all extend from a common Twig layout).

How can I achieve

Answer 1

I don't know if it was available when this question was posted in 2012, but I'd use Twig Globals.

From http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/advanced.html#globals :

Globals

A global variable is like any other template variable, except that it's available in all templates and macros:

$twig = new Twig_Environment($loader);
$twig->addGlobal('text', new Text());

You can then use the text variable anywhere in a template:

{{ text.lipsum(40) }}

I put the code in some place where it will get called each time, like the controller constructor or something like that.