Access controller-attribute in a model?

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi,

in my controller-class (which is the parent of any other controller) I defined an attribute.

Is there a way to access this attribute in a model class?

THX

Andreas

2

Yii::app()->controller->something should refer to it.

But I don’t think it’s a good idea to see a controller attribute from a model. By doing so, you will make your model dependent of your controller. It should be other way round.

3

Ok, makes sense…

So what is the best way to define global variables in Yii?

4

I’m not very sure, but what kind of information do you plan to hold in the global varialbes, and what for?

5

Question your assumption - do you need globals at all?

If in context of a logged in user you can use Yii’s builtin session management to persist a variable available under Yii::App()->user()->yourVar

6

I have are certain Parameters that influence the behavoir of my app.

I want to keep these in global variables…

i donÄt need context specific variables…

It should be independent of any user…

7

Ok.

How are the variables set if not on login? Are you setting stuff from a database table that an administrator can configure? There are a few good extensions to manage config data in a table and use it throughout your application. The basic idea is that you are using a Config class which can be referenced as needed in various controllers.

If you don’t really need a DB but want to refer to a configuration that is static you can use the Yii main config file.

8

THX, for some reason I completely forgot about the config/main