Documented how to create lazy-loaded Twig extensions

Author: javiereguiluz

templating/twig_extension.rst

@@ -58,14 +58,121 @@ Create a class that extends ``\Twig_Extension`` and fill in the logic::
     `global variables`_.
 
 Register an Extension as a Service
-----------------------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Next, register your class as a service and tag it with ``twig.extension``. If you're
 using the :ref:`default services.yml configuration <service-container-services-load-example>`,
 you're done! Symfony will automatically know about your new service and add the tag.
 
 You can now start using your filter in any Twig template.
 
+Creating Lazy-Loaded Twig Extensions
+------------------------------------
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.26
+    Support for lazy-loaded extensions was introduced in Twig 1.26.
+
+Including the code of the custom filters/functions in the Twig extension class
+is the simplest way to create extensions. However, Twig must initialize all
+extensions before rendering any template, even if the template doesn't use an
+extension.
+
+If extensions don't define dependencies (i.e. if you don't inject services in
+them) performance is not affected. However, if extensions define lots of complex
+dependencies (e.g. those making database connections), the performance loss can
+be significant.
+
+That's why Twig allows to decouple the extension definition from its
+implementation. Following the same example as before, the first change would be
+to remove the ``priceFilter()`` method from the extension and update the PHP
+callable defined in ``getFilters()``::
+
+    // src/AppBundle/Twig/AppExtension.php
+    namespace AppBundle\Twig;
+
+    use AppBundle\Twig\AppRuntime;
+
+    class AppExtension extends \Twig_Extension
+    {
+        public function getFilters()
+        {
+            return array(
+                // the logic of this filter is now implemented in a different class
+                new \Twig_SimpleFilter('price', array(AppRuntime::class, 'priceFilter')),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+Then, create the new ``AppRuntime`` class (it's not required but these classes
+are suffixed with ``Runtime`` by convention) and include the logic of the
+previous ``priceFilter()`` method::
+
+    // src/AppBundle/Twig/AppRuntime.php
+    namespace AppBundle\Twig;
+
+    class AppRuntime
+    {
+        public function __construct()
+        {
+            // this simple example doesn't define any dependency, but in your own
+            // extensions, you'll need to inject services using this constructor
+        }
+
+        public function priceFilter($number, $decimals = 0, $decPoint = '.', $thousandsSep = ',')
+        {
+            $price = number_format($number, $decimals, $decPoint, $thousandsSep);
+            $price = '$'.$price;
+
+            return $price;
+        }
+    }
+
+Register the Lazy-Loaded Extension as a Service
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Finally, register your new class as a service and tag it with ``twig.runtime``
+(and optionally inject any service needed by the Twig extension runtime):
+
+.. configuration-block::
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        # app/config/services.yml
+        services:
+            app.twig_runtime:
+                class: AppBundle\Twig\AppRuntime
+                public: false
+                tags:
+                    - { name: twig.runtime }
+
+    .. code-block:: xml
+
+        <!-- app/config/services.xml -->
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+        <container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
+                http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
+
+            <services>
+                <service id="app.twig_runtime"
+                    class="AppBundle\Twig\AppRuntime"
+                    public="false">
+                    <tag name="twig.runtime" />
+                </service>
+            </services>
+        </container>
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        // app/config/services.php
+        use AppBundle\Twig\AppExtension;
+
+        $container
+            ->register('app.twig_runtime', AppRuntime::class)
+            ->setPublic(false)
+            ->addTag('twig.runtime');
+
 .. _`Twig extensions documentation`: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/advanced.html#creating-an-extension
 .. _`global variables`: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/advanced.html#id1
 .. _`functions`: http://twig.sensiolabs.org/doc/advanced.html#id2