What to return after $response->send() in Symfony2 controller?

Question

If I prepare a response in my controller like so:

$response = new Response();
$response->setContent($this->render('mytemplate.html.twig');
$response->send();

Rather than using:

return $this->return('mytemplate.html.twig');

Then it hasn't actually returned anything... what should I do after $response->send()? Should I just return true?

It does send headers, but it does not stop script execution. — Jarek Jakubowski
– Jarek Jakubowski, Commented Jul 23, 2015 at 14:19

Albert Kozłowski · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-14 16:38:17Z

3

You must return response

From symfony documentation:

The goal of a controller is always the same: create and return a Response object.

Example:

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

public function helloAction()
{
    return new Response('Hello world!');
}

Another example:

use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;

$content = $this->renderView(
    'AcmeHelloBundle:Hello:index.html.twig',
    array('name' => $name)
);

return new Response($content);

You can read about it here: http://symfony.com/doc/current/book/controller.html

answered Nov 14, 2013 at 16:38

Albert Kozłowski

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2 Comments

Anonymous Over a year ago

This is correct, thanks. I was using render and not renderView when setting my response's content, so it kept printing the headers when I returned the response.

Peter Bailey Over a year ago

You don't have to return a response if you use the @Template() annotation - then all you need to return is an array of view data.

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