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jsduniya
jsduniya

Reputation: 2474

how to pass values to layouts in CakePHP

In my default layout I have 3 links, i need to pass values to these links from search action colleges controller.

My default layout links

 <li class="single-link">
<a   href=<?php echo ROOTPATH.'Inventions';?>>Invention</a>    </li>
<li class="single-link"><!-- Using class="single-link" for links with no dropdown -->
<a   href=<?php echo ROOTPATH.'technology';?>>Technology</a>   </li>
<li class="single-link"><!-- Using class="single-link" for links with no dropdown -->
<a   href=<?php echo ROOTPATH.'enterper';?>>Enters</a>   </li>
<li class="single-link">

My search view form

<div class="searchbox" align="center">
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="/inno/colleges/search" >
   <label><span class="style14">Enter College Name</span>
     <span class="style14">
     <input type="text" id="tags" name="data[College][name]"  size="70"/>
     </span><span class="style12">     </span><span class="style10">     </span>     </label>
   <label>
   <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Explore"/>
   </label>
 </form>
</div>

In all 3 above href i need to add one more parameter which I set from seacrh action? can we do this ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1629

Answers (3)

user2140111
user2140111

Reputation: 122

Correct way to get Values from Action to a View (Layouts too).
Is to set them in the Action like that :

In Seach-Action:

$this->set("testing","testing_string");

at the layout (default.ctp)

<?=$testing?>

You will may need them initialized otherwise if you enter the Application
you will get an undefined Variable Error.

Upvotes: 0

SharkofMirkwood
SharkofMirkwood

Reputation: 12611

Try putting

$this->set("variable_name","contents");

in the AppController's beforeFilter() method (if you haven't got that, just create public function beforeFilter() { ... } )

Upvotes: 0

Vijay Choudhary
Vijay Choudhary

Reputation: 848

You can pass the values in the same way as you pass the values in view.

In Action

$this->set('yourkey', 'your-value');

And in layout you can get 'your-value' in $yourkey variable

Upvotes: 1

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