Question

Here’s my Model:

class Persona extends AppModel {

    // This is just some arbitrary property I need to populate in the controller.
    public $TipoPersona = ''; 
}

And here is the Action function in my Controller:

public function details($id = null) {

    // Just a typical load by id.
    $this->Persona->id = $id;
    $this->set('persona', $this->Persona->read()); 

    // Can I do something like?
    $this->Persona->TipoPersona = "Mafa Woogly";
}

How can I set the $TipoPersona property in the “Model” here? My intent is to then use that property in the View like:

<tr>
    <th>Tipo de Persona:</th>
    <td><?php echo h($persona->TipoPersona); ?></td> // Or similar?
</tr>

Any suggestions?

This works, but feels wonky and not strongly typed.

public function details($id = null) {
    $this->Persona->id = $id;
    $this->set('persona', $this->Persona->read());
    $this->set('tipoPersona', "Mafa woogly");
}

<tr>
    <th>Tipo de Persona:</th>
    <td><?php echo h($tipoPersona); ?></td>
</tr>

Answer 1

Try to add it directly with set:

$this->set('tipoPersona', $this->Persona->TipoPersona);

it’s property like everyone else in the model. The same way you are setting $this->Persona->id few lines above 🙂