Global variables in AngularJS

Question

I have a problem where i\'m initialising a variable on the scope in a controller. Then it gets changed in another controller when a user logs in. This variable is used to co

Answer 1

Example of AngularJS "global variables" using $rootScope:

Controller 1 sets the global variable:

function MyCtrl1($scope, $rootScope) {
    $rootScope.name = 'anonymous'; 
}

Controller 2 reads the global variable:

function MyCtrl2($scope, $rootScope) {
    $scope.name2 = $rootScope.name; 
}

Here is a working jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/natefriedman/3XT3F/1/