How to define variable in cakephp which is accessible throughout the application?

Question

I want to define a variable in cakephp that can be accessed from anywhere (i.e model,controller,component etc.) without using session. How to achieve this in cakephp, any suggestion?

Answer 1

You could define constants in app/Config/bootstrap.php, but a better solution would be use Configure::write();

For example if you want read some variable anywhere, you can set it in bootstrap.php file (app/Config/) or in Your AppController.php (app/Controllers) by:

Configure::write('variable_name', 'variable_value');

and read it anywhere by:

Configure::read('variable_name');