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Asked: 2026-05-23T11:29:36+00:00

I’m wondering if there is any proper way to include HTML in the setFlash()

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I’m wondering if there is any proper way to include HTML in the setFlash() function of the Session component.

Basically I have this admin interface on an e-commerce website which allows administrators to create and edit “shops” found on the website. Upon saving the “shop”, I would like CakePHP to display something like “Your shop has been successfully saved. Return to Shop Index”. “Return to Shop Index” would be a link. I’m currently using plain old HTML like:

$this->Session->setFlash("Shop has been successfully published. <a href=\"...\">Return to Shop Index</a>");

Works, but it’s HTML in the Controller, which I think is a “bad thing”.

Thanks!

EDIT:

Thanks @YonoRan for solution. Missed that out in the CakePHP documentation. Here’s what I did:

1) Created new element session_flash_link.ctp in app/views/elements.

2) Added the following code in session_flash_link.ctp:

<div id="flashMessage" class="message">
<?php
echo $message;
echo $this->Html->link($link_text, $link_url, array("escape" => false));
?>
</div>

3) Code in controller:

$this->Session->setFlash("Shop has been successfully saved. ", "session_flash_link", array(
    "link_text" => "Return to Shop Management &raquo;",
    "link_url" => array(
        "controller" => "shops",
        "action" => "manage",
        "admin" => true
    )
));
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  1. Editorial Team

    This might be a solution for what you are trying to do, it loads a “Layout” with all the HTML in it as a setFlash message.
    Custom CakePHP flash message

    Update:

    I just checked the Manual for setFlash
    SetFlash Manual

    And it shows that you can specify and element that holds the HTML for the setFlash message + a bunch of other properties.

    setFlash($message, $element = 'default', $params = array(), $key = 'flash')

    So it seems like a better way of doing whats suggested in the first link I posted, because it doesn’t require a new layout but just uses Elements.

    Good luck.

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