I happen to know that there are many ways to pass data from the Controller to the View tier, because I put many of them there myself.
Mika wrote: > Half a dozen? I only know of 2, linking directly to the controller and > using set. Which others are there? https://trac.cakephp.org/browser/branches/1.2.x.x/cake/libs/view/view.php#L256 See that big long list of variable names? That represents all the data that is handed off to the View from the Controller. > Also, you say the session helper provides an interface but then isn't > that the same as linking the controller to the view? It's also just an > interface. No, it's not the same thing. The CakeSession object exists on it's own, independent of both the Controller or View tiers. The Cake API now provides both a helper and a component, which you can use in your code as interfaces to this core object. Each interface provides methods appropriate to the tier in which it exists. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---