CakePHP custom setFlash - php

Question

I've read on the CakePHP Book that you can define your own custom setFlash messages using an element... but what I would I put inside the element and how would I pass different content.
So for example two different messages:
<div id="flashMessage" class="message">
<div class="content">
<p>Please correct the errors</p>
</div>
</div>
<div id="flashMessage" class="announcement message">
<div class="content">
<h3>Announcement</h3>
<p>You have earned a new achievement</p>
</div>
</div>
So as you can see I want to define a wrapper div and a content div and then also pass in an additional class if need be dependant on the kind of message and also show different content such as just a paragraph or a header and a paragraph.
Can anyone help? Thanks

Answer 1

You can have two elements:
myflash.ctp
<div id="flashMessage" class="message">
<div class="content">
<p><? echo $message ?></p>
</div>
</div>
announcement.ctp
<div id="flashMessage" class="announcement message">
<div class="content">
<h3>Announcement</h3>
<p><? echo $message ?></p>
</div>
</div>
and then:
$this->Session->setFlash($message,'myflash or announcement');
or one element:
myflash.ctp
<div id="flashMessage" class="<? echo (isset($myclass)?$myclass.' ':'') ?>message">
<div class="content">
<? echo (isset($header)?'<h3>' . $header.'</h3>':'') ?>
<p><? echo $message ?></p>
</div>
</div>
and at your controller:
$this->Session->setFlash($message,'myflash',array('myclass'=>'announcement','header'=>'Announcement');