Question

I am using $this->flash(‘message’, ‘/’, 3, ‘myLayout’); in one of my controller actions to redirect the user after a successful action.
Now, myLayout.ctp gets rendered, but the message does not get displayed. How can I access the message from within the layout?

Thanks..

Answer 1

As stated in the documentation:

The $element parameter allows you to control which element (located in
/app/View/Elements) should be used to render the message in. In the
element the message is available as $message. First we set the flash
in our controller:

So, in your layout:

echo $message;