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Twig:
{# src/Acme/ArticleBundle/Resources/Article/list.html.twig #}
{% extends 'AcmeArticleBundle::layout.html.twig' %}
 
{% block body %}
    <h1>Recent Articles<h1>
 
    {% for article in articles %}
        {% include 'AcmeArticleBundle:Article:articleDetails.html.twig' with {'article': article} %}
    {% endfor %}

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List:
app.security - The security context.
app.user - The current user object.
app.request - The request object.
app.session - The session object.
app.environment - The current environment (dev, prod, etc).
app.debug - True if in debug mode. False otherwise.
 
 
Twig:

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Twig:
{% if app.session.hasFlash('notice') %}
    <div class="flash-notice">
        {{ app.session.flash('notice') }}
    </div>
{% endif %}
 
PHP:
<?php if ($view['session']->hasFlash('notice')): ?>
    <div class="flash-notice">

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Twig:
<a href="{{ path('_welcome') }}">Home</a>
 
PHP:
<a href="<?php echo $view['router']->generate('_welcome') ?>">Home</a>
 
 
If more complicated route.
 
Twig:

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# list of available commands
php app/console list

# getting list of routes
php app/console router:debug

# getting list of services 
php app/console container:debug

# regenerating assets dump file

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<?php

return $this->redirect($this->generateUrl('homepage'));

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<?php

$request = $this->getRequest();
 
$templating = $this->get('templating');
 
$router = $this->get('router');
 
$mailer = $this->get('mailer');

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<?php

$params = $router->match('/blog/my-blog-post');
// array('slug' => 'my-blog-post', '_controller' => 'AcmeBlogBundle:Blog:show')
 
$uri = $router->generate('blog_show', array('slug' => 'my-blog-post'));
// /blog/my-blog-post
?>
 
If the frontend of your application uses AJAX requests, 

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<?php

$response = $this->forward('AcmeHelloBundle:Hello:fancy', array(
  'name'  => $name,
  'color' => 'green'
));

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<?php

// Sometimes you want to be able to get the base path url for your project
// and also another times you just want to get the root folder where
// the symfony2 application is living.
 
// For the first one, the url base path you get it this way:
 
$this->get('request')->getBasePath();