Silex Twig app.request global not working

Question

I am currently working with Silex and Twig, and I am encountering an issue where the

{{ app.request }}

call does not return anything.

Here is my twig configuration

'twig' => $application->share($application->extend('twig', function (Twig_Environment $twig, Application $application) {
    $loader = new Twig_Loader_Filesystem(__DIR__ . '/../../src/quest/view');
    $twig = new Twig_Environment($loader);
    $host = $application['request']->getSchemeAndHttpHost();
    $path = $application['request']->getPathInfo();

    $twig->addGlobal('RESOURCE', '/web/res');
    $twig->addGlobal('HOST', $host);
    $twig->addGlobal('PATH', $path);

    return $twig;
}))

My variable is named 'application' instead of 'app', but I also tried

{{ app.request.host }}
{{ application.request.host }}

and neither of them worked.

Answer 1

I see you're overwriting $app["twig"] entirely instead of using the one created by TwigServiceProvider. Note that it registers the app global (link) that you'll need to do yourself on your Twig_Environment instance.

Answer 2

This may happen when you use render other controller.