CakePHP: best way to call an action of another controller with array as parameter?

Question

In a controller, what is the most appropriate way to call the action of another controller and also pass an array as parameter?

I know that you can use requestAction

Answer 1

As of CakePHP 1.2.5, you should be able to pass various parameter types through the second parameter in requestAction(). e.g.:

$this->requestAction('/users/view', array('pass' => array('123')));

Then in the UsersController:

function view($id) {
    echo $id; // should echo 123 I believe, otherwise try $this->params['pass'].
}

Instead of using 'pass' above, you can alternatively try 'form' and 'named' to pass form/named parameters respectively.