vivait/twig-safe-date

A safe date function in twig that will not set null dates to today.

Twig Safe Date Extension

Simple filter in twig to help avoid problems with things like: {{ null|date('Y-m-d') }}, _(*1)

There are ways around it using twig - the documentation even states:, _(*2)

If the value passed to the date filter is null, it will return the current date by default. If an empty string is desired instead of the current date, use a ternary operator:, _(*3)

{{ post.published_at is empty ? "" : post.published_at|date("m/d/Y") }}, _(*4)

But often, this is overlooked., _(*5)

Requirements

• PHP >=7.4 or >= 8.2
• Twig ^3.0

Installation & Usage

composer require vivait/twig-safe-date, _(*6)

Once required, register the extension with Twig:, _(*7)

$twig = new \Twig_Environment($loader);
$twig->addExtension(new TwigSafeDateExtension);

Once registered, you can use the filter date to output dates as before, with the change that: null values will get turned into known content (default: -) rather than today's date, _(*8)

The default format is 'F j, Y H:i.' (the same as the core date filter in Twig), _(*9)

{{ post.posted_at|date }}

If you wish to change the format of the date, pass it a parameter with your preferred format:, _(*10)

{{ post.posted_at|date("d/m/Y") }}

If post.posted_at is null, then by default the filter will output -, if you wish to change this to a different value, pass a new default as the third parameter:, _(*11)

{{ post.posted_at|date("d/m/Y", "Europe/London" "Content if null") }}