Question

I have variables in each controller, and I have been passing them to the view with $this->set for every function. It’s repetitive. How can I simply refer to the object that renders the view and thus refer to its variable?

Answer 1

Use your beforeFilter or beforeRender. So if you have the same set of variables you need to set for every function, just add this to the top of your controller:

function beforeRender() {
   parent::beforeRender();
   $this->set('var_name1', $this->my_var1);
   $this->set('var_name2', $this->my_var2);
}

UPDATE: Thanks for bringing that to my attention. You are correct. I added $this to the variables.