That will work, but that's really not what $session is designed for; you're not trying to store persistent data. I've used plenty of hacks like that myself, but I generally try to avoid them because it makes the code much less intuitive to others. And if there's a "correct" way of doing the same thing for the same amount of work, you may as well do it the standard way.
AFAIK, Controller::set() and View::set() both set variables in View:: $viewVars and Controller::$viewVars (which gets passed to View:: $viewVars). So just use the set() function like you would normally, or you can manipulate the $viewVars property directly. There may be another way of doing it, but that's how I did it on a previous site when I needed to generate embedded javascript from within a helper. And FYI, the scripts that are going to be included through $scripts_for_layout are stored in View::__scripts. On Apr 29, 12:01 am, Ed Propsner <crotchf...@gmail.com> wrote: > 8-) > > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Andrei Mita <andrei.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Forget about what? :)) > > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Ed Propsner <crotchf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> LOL, I obviously need to call it quits for the day ... talk about > >> over-thinking that one! It honestly didn't even dawn on me to try session > >> vars ... lol. > > >> What do you say we both just walk away and forget this ever happened? 8-) > > >> - Ed > > >> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Andrei Mita <andrei.m...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>> Maybe I didn't get it right, but if you need a var globally available > >>> (controllers, views, layouts) you could use $session. Easy to set and read > >>> everywhere. > > >>> Andrei > > >>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Ed Propsner <crotchf...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >>>> Could someone help get me pointed in the right direction? > > >>>> I want to be able to set a variable in any one of my controllers/actions > >>>> that is accessible > >>>> by the default.ctp just like you would do for $page_title / > >>>> $title_for_layout. > > >>>> I want to use it mainly for javascript so I would like to set the > >>>> variable in the controller/action > >>>> and the appropriate script will execute in the default.ctp when the view > >>>> is rendered, either that > >>>> or I could store the script in an element and have the appropriate > >>>> element rendered in the default ??? > > >>>> Anywho, I've been digging through the book and I'm not quite sure where > >>>> I should be looking. > >>>> Components? Bootstrapping? 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