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Fluffy
Fluffy

Reputation: 28342

How to check for null in Twig?

What construct should I use to check whether a value is NULL in a Twig template?

Upvotes: 312

Views: 304845

Answers (8)

NikiC
NikiC

Reputation: 101906

Depending on what exactly you need:

  • is null checks whether the value is null:
{% if var is null %}
    {# do something #}
{% endif %}
  • is defined checks whether the variable is defined:
{% if var is not defined %}
    {# do something #}
{% endif %}

Additionally the is sameas test, which does a type strict comparison of two values, might be of interest for checking values other than null (like false):

{% if var is sameas(false) %}
    {# do something %}
{% endif %}

Upvotes: 570

Cagrison
Cagrison

Reputation: 190

Also if your variable is an ARRAY, there are few options too:

{% if arrayVariable[0] is defined %} 
    #if variable is not null#
{% endif %}

OR

{% if arrayVariable|length > 0 %} 
    #if variable is not null# 
{% endif %}

This will only works if your array is defined AND is NULL

Upvotes: 0

Javier Claros
Javier Claros

Reputation: 349

You can also use one line to do that:

{{ yourVariable is not defined ? "Not Assigned" : "Assigned" }}

Upvotes: 6

Jamol
Jamol

Reputation: 2291

Without any assumptions the answer is:

{% if var is null %}

But this will be true only if var is exactly NULL, and not any other value that evaluates to false (such as zero, empty string and empty array). Besides, it will cause an error if var is not defined. A safer way would be:

{% if var is not defined or var is null %}

which can be shortened to:

{% if var|default is null %}

If you don't provide an argument to the default filter, it assumes NULL (sort of default default). So the shortest and safest way (I know) to check whether a variable is empty (null, false, empty string/array, etc):

{% if var|default is empty %}

Upvotes: 39

lax4mike
lax4mike

Reputation: 5023

How to set default values in twig: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/filters/default.html

{{ my_var | default("my_var doesn't exist") }}

Or if you don't want it to display when null:

{{ my_var | default("") }}

Upvotes: 140

thepaulo
thepaulo

Reputation: 380

     //test if varibale exist
     {% if var is defined %}
         //todo
     {% endif %}

     //test if variable is not null
     {% if var is not null %}
         //todo
     {% endif %}

Upvotes: 6

M.M.H.Masud
M.M.H.Masud

Reputation: 329

you can use the following code to check whether

{% if var is defined %}

var is variable is SET

{% endif %}

Upvotes: 3

Kendall Hopkins
Kendall Hopkins

Reputation: 44104

I don't think you can. This is because if a variable is undefined (not set) in the twig template, it looks like NULL or none (in twig terms). I'm pretty sure this is to suppress bad access errors from occurring in the template.

Due to the lack of a "identity" in Twig (===) this is the best you can do

{% if var == null %}
    stuff in here
{% endif %}

Which translates to:

if ((isset($context['somethingnull']) ? $context['somethingnull'] : null) == null)
{
  echo "stuff in here";
}

Which if your good at your type juggling, means that things such as 0, '', FALSE, NULL, and an undefined var will also make that statement true.

My suggest is to ask for the identity to be implemented into Twig.

Upvotes: 10

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