Can Symfony serve Twig templates with routes that end in .html? - symfony

Question

Is it possible to put a collection of static html files under a symfony 2.x app such that the URLs won't change at all?
I want to maintain urls like this: http ://example.com/town/Blah-blah-in-Bayeux.html
I know that I can rewrite example.com/app.php/town/Blah-blah-in-Bayeux.html so that the app.php isn't part of the script, but how can I ensure that my route to, say, the town action of the default controller ends in .html?

Answer 1

It's quite simple! Here I've used a FrameworkExtraBundle #Route annotation where the routing pattern simply ends in .html.
<?php
namespace Foo\BarBundle\Controller;
use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Controller\Controller;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Route;
use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Template;
class HomeController extends Controller
{
/**
* Demo of a route which includes a .html suffix
*
* #Route("/town/Blah-blah-in-{townName}.html", name="town")
* #Template()
*/
public function townAction($townName)
{
# Lookup $town slug to get a town
# ...
# 404 if town not found
# ...
# just for illustration
$town = $townName;
return array('town' => $town);
}
}
{# src/Foo/BarBundle/Resources/Home/town.html.twig #}
{% extends 'FooBarBundle::layout.html.twig' %}
{% block title %}Blah blah in {{ town }} - {{ parent() }}{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<h1>Blah blah in {{ town }}!</h1>
<p> and other content from the original /town/Blah-blah-in-{{ town }}.html</p>
{% endblock %}