expanded menu chapter and refactored old chapters

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@ -6,26 +6,78 @@ Now we have some sweet dynamic pages. But nobody can find them.
Let's fix that now. In this chapter we will create a menu with links to all our pages.
For a start we will just send a hardcoded array to the template. Go to you `Homepage` controller and change your `$data` array to this:
When we have a menu, we will want to be able to reuse the same code on multiple page. We could create a separate file and include it every time, but there is a better solution.
It is more practical to have templates that are able to extend other templates, like a layout for example. Then we can have all the layout related code in a single file and we don't have to include header and footer files in every template.
Sadly our implementation of mustache does not support this. We could write code to work around this, which will take time and could introduce some bugs. Or we could switch to a library that already supports this and is well tested. [Twig](http://twig.sensiolabs.org/) for example.
Now you might wonder why we didn't start with Twig right away. This is a good example to show why using interfaces and writing loosely-coupled code is a good idea.
Remember how you created a `MustacheRenderer` in [chapter 9](09-templating.md)? This time, we create a `TwigRenderer` that implements the same interface.
But before we start, install the latest version of Twig with composer.
Then create the a `TwigRenderer.php` in your `src/Template` folder that looks like this:
```php
<?php
namespace Example\Template;
use Twig_Environment;
class TwigRenderer implements Renderer
{
private $renderer;
public function __construct(Twig_Environment $renderer)
{
$this->renderer = $renderer;
}
public function render($template, $data = [])
{
return $this->renderer->render("$template.html", $data);
}
}
```
As you can see, on the render function call a `.html` is added. This is because Twig does not add a file ending by default and you would have to specifiy it on every call otherwise. By doing it like this, you can use it in the same way as you used Mustache.
Add the following code to your `Dependencies.php` file:
```php
$injector->delegate('Twig_Environment', function() use ($injector) {
$loader = new Twig_Loader_Filesystem(dirname(__DIR__) . '/templates');
$twig = new Twig_Environment($loader);
return $twig;
});
```
Instead of just defining the dependencies, we are using a delegate to give the responsibility to create the class to a function. This will be useful in the future.
Now you can switch the `Renderer` alias from `MustacheRenderer` to `TwigRenderer`. Now by default Twig will be used instead of Mustache.
If you have a look at the site in your browser, everything should work now as before. Now let's get started with the actual menu.
To start we will just send a hardcoded array to the template. Go to you `Homepage` controller and change your `$data` array to this:
```php
$data = [
'name' => $this->request->getParameter('name', 'stranger'),
'menuItems' => ['href' => '/', 'text' => 'Homepage'],
'menuItems' => 'menuItems' => [['href' => '/', 'text' => 'Homepage']],
];
```
Now add the following at the top of your `Homepage.mustache` file:
At the top of your `Homepage.html` file add this code:
```
{{#menuItems}}
<a href="{{ href }}">{{ text }}</a><br>
{{/menuItems}}
{% for item in menuItems %}
<a href="{{ item.href }}">{{ item.text }}</a><br>
{% endfor %}
```
Now if you navigate to your homepage, you should see a link at the top.
So far so good. But now we realize that we want to reuse this code snippet on every page. We could create a separate file and include it every time, but there is a better solution.
Now if you refresh the homepage in the browser, you should see a link.
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