how to access variables in a different controller with Cakephp - php

Question

Right, i have:
Controller/PostsController.php
Model/Post.php
View/Posts/index.ctp
the controller finds all the posts in a database and then passes the values into my view/Posts/index.ctp, where i foreach though each post.
I now want to be able to access the same posts but on another controller and view. How do i do this?
PostsController is;
class PostsController extends AppController {
public function index() {
$this->set('posts', $this->Post->find('all'));
}
}
View/Posts/index.ctp is;
<table>
<tr>
<th>Id</th>
<th>Title</th>
<th>Actions</th>
<th>Created</th>
</tr>
<!-- Here's where we loop through our $posts array, printing out post info -->
<?php foreach ($posts as $post): ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo $post['Post']['id']; ?></td>
<td>
<?php
echo $this->Html->link(
$post['Post']['title']
);
?>
</td>
<td>
<?php echo $post['Post']['created']; ?>
</td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</table>
Now in my AboutsController and Abouts/index.ctp i want to be able to access the same data so that i can show the posts on the view/abouts/index.ctp
when i make the view/abouts/index.ctp, have the same code as View/Posts/index.ctp i get the error message;
Undefined variable: posts [APP\View\Abouts\index.ctp, line 12]
This is because i do not know how to make the data accessible in my Abouts/Controller.

Answer 1

For the global variable , i suggest to set it un the appController from which you can access into it wherever you are, in the appController :
class AppController extends Controller {
var $uses = array('Post'); // to use the model
public function beforeFilter(){
$this->set('posts', $this->Post->find('all'));
}
}
then you can get posts in any view ...