From 0c3197a435ee319ac78a6f7dff8255f0abc7892c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Males <sime@sime.net.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 11:10:27 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] View::get() to support a fallback param

---
 lib/Cake/View/View.php | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 79fd648fa..af3c6574b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -582,11 +582,12 @@ class View extends Object {
  * Blocks are checked before view variables.
  *
  * @param string $var The view var you want the contents of.
+ * @param mixed $default The default/fallback content of $var.
  * @return mixed The content of the named var if its set, otherwise null.
  */
-	public function get($var) {
+	public function get($var, $default = null) {
 		if (!isset($this->viewVars[$var])) {
-			return null;
+			return $default;
 		}
 		return $this->viewVars[$var];
 	}