How to access class constants in Twig?

Question

I have a few class constants in my entity class, e.g.:

class Entity {
    const TYPE_PERSON = 0;
    const TYPE_COMPANY = 1;
}

In normal PH

Answer 1

{% if var == constant('Namespace\\Entity::TYPE_PERSON') %}
{# or #}
{% if var is constant('Namespace\\Entity::TYPE_PERSON') %}

See documentation for the constant function and the constant test.

Answer 2

Edit: I've found better solution, read about it here.

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Let's say you have class:

namespace MyNamespace;
class MyClass
{
    const MY_CONSTANT = 'my_constant';
    const MY_CONSTANT2 = 'const2';
}

Create and register Twig extension:

class MyClassExtension extends \Twig_Extension
{
    public function getName()
    { 
        return 'my_class_extension'; 
    }

    public function getGlobals()
    {
        $class = new \ReflectionClass('MyNamespace\MyClass');
        $constants = $class->getConstants();

        return array(
            'MyClass' => $constants
        );
    }
}

Now you can use constants in Twig like:

{{ MyClass.MY_CONSTANT }}

Answer 3

As of 1.12.1 you can read constants from object instances as well:

{% if var == constant('TYPE_PERSON', entity)

Answer 4

If you are using namespaces

{{ constant('Namespace\\Entity::TYPE_COMPANY') }}

Important! Use double slashes, instead of single

Answer 5

In book best practices of Symfony there is a section with this issue:

Constants can be used for example in your Twig templates thanks to the constant() function:

// src/AppBundle/Entity/Post.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

class Post
{
    const NUM_ITEMS = 10;

   // ...
}

And use this constant in template twig:

<p>
    Displaying the {{ constant('NUM_ITEMS', post) }} most recent results.
</p>

Here the link: http://symfony.com/doc/current/best_practices/configuration.html#constants-vs-configuration-options

Answer 6

After some years I realized that my previous answer is not really so good. I have created extension that solves problem better. It's published as open source.

https://github.com/dpolac/twig-const

It defines new Twig operator # which let you access the class constant through any object of that class.

Use it like that:

{% if entity.type == entity#TYPE_PERSON %}