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How to Write a custom Twig Extension
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`Twig Extensions`_ allow to create custom Twig functions, filters and more to
use them in your templates.
`Twig Extensions`_ allow to create custom functions, filters and more to use
them in your Twig templates. Before writing your own Twig extension, check if
the filter/function that you need is already implemented in:

Before writing your own Twig extension, check if the filter/function that you
need is already implemented in the `default Twig filters and functions`_ or the
:doc:`Twig filters and functions added by Symfony </reference/twig_reference>`.
Check also the `official Twig GitHub organization`_, which contains some extra
repositories that provide extensions for common needs (such as ``string-extra``,
``html-extra``, ``intl-extra``, etc.)

.. code-block:: terminal

$ composer require twig/extensions
* The `default Twig filters and functions`_;
* The :doc:`Twig filters and functions added by Symfony </reference/twig_reference>`;
* The `official Twig extensions`_ related to strings, HTML, Markdown, internationalization, etc.

Create the Extension Class
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.. _`Twig Extensions`: https://twig.symfony.com/doc/2.x/advanced.html#creating-an-extension
.. _`default Twig filters and functions`: https://twig.symfony.com/doc/2.x/#reference
.. _`official Twig GitHub organization`: https://github.com/twigphp
.. _`official Twig extensions`: https://github.com/twigphp?q=extra
.. _`global variables`: https://twig.symfony.com/doc/2.x/advanced.html#id1