Regular Expression with TWIG / Timber to check for sticky post

TWIG allows you to use regular expressions within its templates, this makes it possible to easily check if a post is sticky in Timber for WordPress.

TWIG MATCHES OPERATOR

Comparisons in TWIG

{% if findme matches '/^[\\d\\.]+$/' %}


{% endif %}

TIMBER TEASE-POST.TWIG

This is the template that is called within the loop on the index.twig to show each post.

{% extends "tease.twig" %}


{% block content %}


<div class="{% if post.class matches '/sticky/' %}col-md-12{% else %}col-md-6{% endif %}">

 <!--Your content -->


</div>


{% endblock %}

The post.class holds the full set of classes assigned to a post, which includes the class “sticky”. We do the match magic and you can use that to style your sticky posts differently ;)

WHAT IS TIMBER?

“Timber helps you create fully-customized WordPress themes faster with more sustainable code. With Timber, you write your HTML using the Twig Template Engine separate from your PHP files.

This cleans-up your theme code so, for example, your php file can focus on being the data/logic, while your twig file can focus 100% on the HTML and display.”

WHAT IS TWIG?

Twig is a modern template engine for PHP

• Fast: Twig compiles templates down to plain optimized PHP code. The overhead compared to regular PHP code was reduced to the very minimum.
• Secure: Twig has a sandbox mode to evaluate untrusted template code. This allows Twig to be used as a template language for applications where users may modify the template design.
• Flexible: Twig is powered by a flexible lexer and parser. This allows the developer to define its own custom tags and filters, and create its own DSL.

Enjoy coding …