Re:The Lesser Known Contributors Who Are Trying To Make PHP ...
by prunebeads on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @04:50PM
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I think that twig got its root in the django templating engine (which is python based), because of the resemblance. It's very good indeed. I'm not sure if the original had support for filters though.
And seriously, check Symfony 2 out.