How to pass variable from Controller to views of TWIG widget?

Question

Yii

Hello to all.
Yii, and especially twig, I know very superficially, that's why I ask for your help.
How is it possible, if at all, to pass a variable declared in protected\controllers\ProjectsController.php to pass it to the protected\views\widgets\catalog.twig template
. I have a variable - $new and ProjectsController.php is declared and it would need to be output to the catalog widget template. twig
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Just like without Twig:

$this->render('viewName', array(
    'new' => $new,
));

Answer 2

It is possible in the controller:
public $var;
public function init()
{
$this->var = 'bla-bla';
}
in view:
<?=$this->context->var; ?>