From 8041562a761b34d3b5296c0be6d89f75c9fa0653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nate <nate@cakephp.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:32:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Adding variable access convenience methods to View

git-svn-id: https://svn.cakephp.org/repo/branches/1.2.x.x@3423 3807eeeb-6ff5-0310-8944-8be069107fe0
---
 cake/libs/view/view.php | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cake/libs/view/view.php b/cake/libs/view/view.php
index 5a1e0d927..17e7b752d 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/view.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/view.php
@@ -453,14 +453,34 @@ class View extends Object{
 			));
 		}
 	}
-
+/**
+ * Returns a list of variables available in the current View context
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * @access public
+ */
+	function getVars() {
+		return array_keys($this->_viewVars);
+	}
+/**
+ * Returns the contents of the given View variable(s)
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * @access public
+ */
+	function getVar($var) {
+		if (!isset($this->_viewVars[$var])) {
+			return null;
+		} else {
+			return $this->_viewVars[$var];
+		}
+	}
 /**
  * @deprecated
  */
 	function setLayout($layout) {
 		$this->layout = $layout;
 	}
-
 /**
  * Allows a template or element to set a variable that will be available in
  * a layout or other element.  Analagous to Controller::set.