Module Development

Set a Dynamic Title for a Route for Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11

When defining a route and subsequently displaying the page, often we need to calculate the page title based on route parameters or other logic. In these cases, we can't just hard code the value into the _title configuration of the route. To set a dynamic title for a page, we'll use the route's _title_callback option, and point to a PHP callback that contains the logic that computes the title of the page.

In this tutorial we'll:

  • Learn how to use the _title_callback route configuration option to dynamically set a page title
  • Explain how arguments are provided to the title callback method
  • Update the route and controller from a previous tutorial to use a dynamic title callback

By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to configure a route so that its title can be set dynamically using route parameters, instead of hard-coding the title with a static string of text.