Question

How to use Set function inside components in cake php ?

class TestComponent extends Object
{
  //etc

 $this->set('User', $user); 

 }

I am getting an error

Fatal error: Call to undefined method TestComponent::set() 

How this can be corrected ?

Answer 1

function startup($controller) { $this->controller = $controller }
function something() {
    $this->controller->set('User',$user);
}

Cake passes the Controller reference to the startup function of a Component. You need to keep a reference in your component to use later in custom functions.

See here http://book.cakephp.org/1.3/en/view/996/Creating-Components#MVC-Class-Access-Within-Components-998