Accept other parameters than "data" when including .hbs file

[kees-dev]

When including a .hbs file directly from twig, I would like to be able to pass various parameters that the .hbs file expects without having to wrap those in an array "data" variable.

[ThaNarie]

How do you see that in code when calling the function?
The template renderer needs a 'name' for the variables you're passing.

Using a Variable-length argument lists would just make those passed params in a numeric indexed array, which is useless for the render function.

Without having an assoc array here, you cannot properly call the render function, and I can't also see another way to transform random parameters into an assoc array.

drupal-handlebars/src/Templating/Renderer.php

Lines 77 to 79 in 14d9014

	public function render($template, array $data = []) {
	return $this->handlebarsRenderingEngine->render($template, $data);
	}

Could you give a code example on how you're calling it now, and how you would like to do it? :)

[euphoricMV]

@ThaNarie We are always passing $data argument as associative array to the that function which later pass that variable to twig and from twig to hbs. This associative array is structured as data in comopnent yaml file.

[kees-dev]

@ThaNarie it works when I pass variables wrapped in an array named $data.
Drawback is when I define theme's with a theme hook (drupal thing) I can only enforce $data. I rather enforce the actual variables needed instead of the generic wrapper. Hope this makes sense

[ThaNarie]

@dripl I get that, but the generic wrapper still need the names of those variables provided to inject them into the template with that name. So it would still need some kind of key-names, assoc array, etc.

So some example code of how it's currently done, and how you would like to have it done, would be helpful to work towards to, or adjust to make it technically work :)