# twigphp/twig **Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/twigphp-twig).** 8,363 stars · 1,286 forks · PHP · BSD-3-Clause ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/twigphp/Twig - Homepage: https://twig.symfony.com/ - awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/twigphp-twig.md ## Topics `php` `template-engine` `template-language` `templating` `twig` ## Description Twig is a PHP template engine and compiled rendering library designed to separate business logic from presentation. It functions as a secure template language that generates HTML output by combining dynamic data with reusable layouts. The system emphasizes security through a focus on preventing cross-site scripting attacks via automatic output escaping and content sanitization. To ensure execution efficiency, it compiles templates into optimized PHP code and utilizes a caching mechanism to bypass parsing on subsequent requests. The engine provides comprehensive tools for template composition, including block-based inheritance and modular UI development. It includes capabilities for data transformation through filters, template control logic for conditional branching and loops, and helper functions for dynamic content generation. ## Tags ### User Interface & Experience - [HTML Template Renderers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/layout-utilities/presentation-engines/template-engines/server-side-rendering-engines/html-template-renderers.md) — Functions as a server-side engine that merges data with templates to generate dynamic HTML output. - [Modular UI Components](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/modular-ui-components.md) — Enables the creation of reusable UI fragments and components that can be shared across different views. - [Reusable Components](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/page-layout-templates/reusable-components.md) — Provides the ability to define and reuse modular UI components and layout fragments across different pages. ([source](https://twig.symfony.com/documentation)) - [Templating Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/templating-engines.md) — Provides a flexible and secure templating engine to separate business logic from the presentation layer in PHP. - [Data Transformation Filters](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/layout-utilities/presentation-engines/template-engines/server-side-rendering-engines/html-template-renderers/template-component-renderers/template-filters/data-transformation-filters.md) — Offers a system of filters to transform and format raw data variables before they are rendered in the output. ### Programming Languages & Runtimes - [PHP Code Generators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/php-code-generators.md) — Translates parsed template structures into native PHP classes for high-performance server-side execution. - [Tokenizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/regular-expression-engines/tokenizers.md) — Uses a lexer to break template strings into a stream of tokens based on regular expressions. - [Security-Hardened Languages](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/templating-languages/security-hardened-languages.md) — Implements a template language specifically designed with automatic output escaping to protect against XSS. ### Security & Cryptography - [Rendered Content Sanitization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/rendered-content-sanitization.md) — Prevents XSS attacks by sanitizing data and escaping content during the template rendering process. - [Output Escaping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/security/application-and-web/web-application/output-escaping.md) — Provides automatic escaping of dynamic content to protect web applications from cross-site scripting attacks. ### Web Development - [Block-Based Inheritance](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/content-insertion-utilities/dynamic-content-insertion/template-content-placeholders/block-based-inheritance.md) — Supports hierarchical layout organization through block-based inheritance, allowing child templates to override specific sections of a parent. - [HTML Content Renderers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/html-content-renderers.md) — Generates HTML output by combining dynamic data with reusable layouts, blocks, and modular components. - [Template Inheritance Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/template-inheritance-systems.md) — Provides a system for organizing website layouts through template inheritance, blocks, and nesting. - [Template Logic](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/template-logic.md) — Provides conditional logic, loops, and variable assignments to dynamically control the rendered output. ([source](https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/)) - [State Validation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/template-logic/state-validation.md) — Implements logical tests within templates to check variables for emptiness, types, or specific values. ([source](https://twig.symfony.com/documentation)) ### Development Tools & Productivity - [PHP Compiled Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/build-tooling/template-compilation-tools/template-compilation-tools/php-compiled-libraries.md) — Compiles templates into optimized PHP code to increase execution speed and reduce server overhead. - [Template Helpers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/data-transformation/template-helpers.md) — Supports built-in and custom helper functions to calculate values and format data during the rendering process. ([source](https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/)) - [Compiled Caches](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/template-extensions/template-functions/template-compilation/compiled-caches.md) — Caches compiled PHP templates on disk to bypass the parsing phase on subsequent requests. ### Software Engineering & Architecture - [Abstract Syntax Tree Parsing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/abstract-syntax-tree-parsing.md) — Implements a parser that converts template strings into an abstract syntax tree for logic analysis before compilation. - [Content Format Transformers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/string-formatting-utilities/content-format-transformers.md) — Transforms raw data into human-readable strings using specialized filters for dates, numbers, and text.