CakePHP - How do i set the page title to an item name?

Question

OK, so I\'m trying to teach myself the CakePHP framework, and I\'m trying to knock up a simple demo app for myself.

I have the controllers, views and models all set

Answer 1

You can set this in the controller:

function view($id = null) {
    $guitar = $this->Guitar->read(null, $id);
    $this->set('guitar', $guitar);
    $this->pageTitle = $guitar['Guitar']['name'];
}

Or in the view:

pageTitle = $guitar['Guitar']['name']; ?>

The value set in the view will override any value that may have already been set in the controller.

For security, you must ensure that your layout / view that displays the pageTitle html-encodes this arbitrary data to avoid injection attacks and broken html