Now I see! So the set variables change depending on which view is showing
within the default.ctp. If I add this car action to the app_controller
(instead of car model) and set the variables there, will all the views have
access to that variable? How can I make a global "set" variable that comes
from a specific query?
brian-263 wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:55 PM, hahmadi82 <hahmad...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ok so I actually didn't create a layout for each view from my
>> controllers.
>> Instead, all the views use the same layout, which is the default.ctp. Is
>> that incorrect? From my understanding, the default layout is loaded by
>> every
>> view and that's why I have my navigation bar in it. It seems that I can
>> only access those "set" variables from something like
>> views/layouts/cars/index.ctp but not views/layouts/default.ctp. Is there
>> a
>> difference between the model layouts and the default layout?
>
> You *almost* have it. Once again:
>
> When a controller's action is run, its render() method is called
> automatically (yes, you can call it yourself but please ignore that
> for now). When that happens, Cake will use the View class to render
> the view template for that action. These templates are in
> app/views/controller_name_ending_in_s/action_name.ctp
>
> Usually, the view template contains some HTML that you have included,
> along with some variables. Those variables are passed to the View
> class through the controller's $viewVars class variable. When you call
> $this->set('foo', 'bar'), you are passing the value, 'bar' to the
> controller's $viewVars array with a key, 'foo'.
>
> When the controller's $viewVars is handed off to the View class, it
> extracts them, essentially creating a var named $foo that contains the
> value 'bar'.
>
> Now, after the View has finished using the view template to render
> something to output it creates a variable called, $content_for_layout.
>
> It then renders the layout template. That's a file in
> app/views/layout/name_of_your_layout.ctp. If you don't specify a
> layout, Cake uses 'default'.
>
> Inside the layout template is (should be) a variable named ...
> $content_for_layout. This is where the contents of your rendered view
> are written to the layout.
>
> So, try this: In one of your controller actions, add $this->set('foo',
> 'bar');
>
> In your app/views/layouts/default.ctp add this, just above
> $content_for_layout
>
> echo $foo;
>
> You should see 'bar' in there, somewhere. View source and search for
> it, because your CSS may hide it.
>
> Anyway, perhaps you should post the relevant part of your layout file
> and the controller action.
>
> >
>
>
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