php function inside twig template

Question

I have a twig template in which i render some information taking from the database. The length of the information is quite large and it does not fit in the space provided for it. I want to use substr function of php inside my twig template.

The index.html.twig contains

 <span>{{ patent.description }}</span>

The description is very long I want to display the first 80 characters of the whole description.

In php I can use

 substr(patent.description,0,80)

Can anyone guide me how i can use this function inside my twig template?

you can do it before passing it to the template. maybe in your controller — Ibu
– Ibu, Commented Oct 3, 2012 at 22:53
I have multiple entries and for each entry i take its name and description. from controller I pass just patents and then in my template i use foreach patent — Wearybands
– Wearybands, Commented Oct 3, 2012 at 22:55

Ahmed Siouani · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-03 22:59:34Z

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The slice function does this,

<span>{{ patent.description|slice(0,80) }}</span>

The slice filter works as the array_slice PHP function for arrays and substr for strings. It was added in Twig 1.6.

answered Oct 3, 2012 at 22:59

Ahmed Siouani

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user1581663 Over a year ago

After that you can add ... And of course some if statement for case when description is empty. Did the same work today =)

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