Symfony2: Get HTML from another file in controller

Question

In my Symfony2 project, I would like to get the HTML of a file and put it in a variable in my controller.

I have a controller function like this:

public function myControllerAction()
{
   $htmlOtherFile = '';

   return $this->render('@MyBundle/myTargetFile.html.twig', ['htmlOtherFile' => $htmlOtherFile]);
}

The html file I would like to import is in my views folder: htmlOtherFile.html.twig

How can I get the HTML of this file into my $htmlOtherFile variable? I have already tried with file_get_contents, but without success.

DevDonkey · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-30 12:03:32Z

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all you need to do is call renderView from your controller on the template and put the contents in a variable.

$html = $this->renderView('/path/myTargetFile.html.twig', [/*options in here*/]);

Be sure to call renderView and not render on its own as that will return a Response instance, and not any HTML.

Alternatively, you can call:

$this->render('/path/myTargetFile.html.twig', [/*options in here*/])->getContent();

to return the html from the response.

answered Nov 30, 2015 at 12:03

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Michael Sivolobov Over a year ago

Why don't you edit an Ilya's answer? He answered with that solution first.

DevDonkey Over a year ago

because there was more to add, and I dont write peoples answers for them.

Ilya Yarkovets · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-30 11:56:05Z

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If it is twig file - you could try this:

$this->renderView('/path/to/template.html.twig', []);

answered Nov 30, 2015 at 11:56

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Rooneyl · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-30 11:57:27Z

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You can call a controller directly from you twig file if you want.

Use the syntax {{ render(controller('MyBundle:functionName')) }}

answered Nov 30, 2015 at 11:57

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