Question

In a CakePHP 1.2 app, I’m using

<?php $session->flash();?> 

to output messages like ‘Record edited’. It’s working great.

However, I want to add a link called ‘Dismiss’ that will fade out the message. I know how to construct the link, but I don’t know how to insert into the output of the flass message.

The flash message wraps itself in a DIV tag. I want to insert my dismiss code into that div, but I don’t know how.

Answer 1

Figured this out: Create a new layout in your layouts folder:

layouts/message.ctp 

In that layout, include the call to output the content:

<?php echo $content_for_layout; ?> 

Then when you set the flash message, specify the layout to use:

$this->Session->setFlash('Your record has been created! Wicked!','message');