How to define a variable in Cakephp - cakephp

Question

I trying to pass a variable in cakephp to a view and getting error Undefined variable: view [APP\View\ItQueries\add.ctp, line 9] and line 9 is this
<?php echo $this->Form->hidden('status_type', array('value'=>$view)); ?>
Here is how im defining my variable in the controller
class ItQueriesController extends AppController {
var $view = 'Open';
public function index() {
$this->ItQuery->recursive = 0;
$this->set('view', $this->view);
}
//Other Code
}
and here is where im trying to pass the variable as a hidden field
<?php echo $this->Form->create('ItQuery'); ?>
<?php echo __('Add It Query'); ?></legend>
<?php
echo $this->Form->input('status_type', array('type' => 'hidden', 'value'=>$view));
?>
<?php echo $this->Form->end(__('Submit')); ?>
Can some please show me how to fix this

Answer 1

You need to set the variable as part of the viewVars.
To do this add this to your controller action:
$this->set('view', $this->view);
E.g.
class ItQueriesController extends AppController {
var $view = 'Open';
function index() {
$this->set('view', $this->view);
}
}
You can then access it in the view directly using $view
Your hidden field would look like:
echo $this->Form->input('status_type', array('type' => 'hidden', 'value'=>$view));