Twig: Append to array inside array/object

Question

I have an object which, in JSON, would look like this:

{
  'class': ['nav-link', 'dropdown-toggle'],
  'data-toggle': ['dropdown']
}

I need to then be able to append another class to the class array inside the object.

This code doesn't seem to work; it just overwrites the class array.

{% set link_attribs = { 'class' : ['nav-link', 'dropdown-toggle'], 'data-toggle':'dropdown'} %}
{% set link_attribs = link_attribs|merge({'class': ['highlighted']}) %}

Really I want to do something like this, but it just throws a punctuation error.

{% set link_attribs.class = link_attribs.class|merge(['highlighted']) %}

Any ideas?

Possible duplicate of Setting element of array from Twig

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Commented May 31, 2018 at 15:30 — DevLime
– DevLime, Commented May 31, 2018 at 15:30

Alain · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-11 22:55:51Z

5

Using Twig, you can't set object properties directly, so "set (...).class" will never work. But instead, you can create a new variable that will inherit from both default and options values (just like in most JavaScript codes).

For example:

{%
  set options = link_attribs | merge({
      'class': link_attribs.class | merge(['highlighted']) 
  })
%}

{% for class in options.class %}
  {{ class }}
{% endfor %}

Will display:

nav-link
dropdown-toggle
highlighted

See fiddle.

answered Dec 11, 2015 at 22:55

Alain

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Nick Over a year ago

That looks like a bit like an inline version of my possible answer: stackoverflow.com/a/34229624/224707. It's a shame Twig doesn't like you set object properties.

Alain Over a year ago

I understand your point, and in small projects this could be very useful. But changing object values in Twig doesn't make sense: as a template engine, it should only render things, without changing the application state.

Nick · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-11 17:53:20Z

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This looks like it works:

{% set c = link_attribs.class %}
{% set c = c|merge(['highlighted']) %}
{% set link_attribs = link_attribs|merge({'class': c}) %}

Not sure if its the most elegant way though.

answered Dec 11, 2015 at 17:53

Nick

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