Question

i have a controller with multiple functions that have a variable inside them. I would like to access those variables from another function. Any ideas?

class RoomsController extends AppController {

public $helpers = array('Js' => 'Jquery');
public $components = array('RequestHandler');

function test1(){
        $balcony = $_REQUEST['qwe'];
        $this->set('qwe',$qwe);
}
function test2() {
        $occy = $_REQUEST['wer'];
        $this->set('wer',$wer);
}

function test3() {
        $deck = $_REQUEST['ert'];
        $this->set('ert',$ert);
}

function success() {
    // i want to use $qwe, $wer and $ert here   
}

any ideas on how to do this? do i have to set up global variables public $qwe;?

thanks

Answer 1

You can create controller properties but it will break the design of the framework, so I suggest using Configuration class for this purpose, you can store variable values and retrieve using this class, here’s a documentation:

http://book.cakephp.org/view/42/The-Configuration-Class

You can store variables in Session if you need their values after redirect:

$this -> Session -> write("variable", "value");

and retrieve:

$this -> Session -> read("variable");