Rendering controller to a different view in CakePHP

Question

Is there a way to render a controller to a different view then normal? I\'m trying to pass some data from the controller to a non-default view. Meaning my controller is called:<

Answer 1

I would rather use:

$this->view = 'file';

because any $this->set('var', $val) you'll have after $this->render('file') will not reach your view.

In CakePHP 3.x use:

$this->viewBuilder()->template('file');

Deprecated in CakePHP 3.7. Use this instead (as Kuldeep Choudhary suggested in comments)

ViewBuilder::setTemplate('file');