I looked at routing, but I did not see a way to solve my problem.

I am looking for a way to create links to controller/actions and pass "large" or 'hidden' parameters.
I could use a from and post, but seems like a lot of work for 1 or 2 links in a view.

I understand the simple link call with 1 parameter.
echo  $html->link('View Post',  array('controller'  =>  'posts',  'action'  =>  'view',  5));

But, how can I pass large strings like

$largestring = "This is a large string that could be over 255 characters
long and might contain html special characters";

echo  $html->link('Update Post',  array('controller'  =>  'posts',  'action'  =>  'update',  $largestring));

or
$hidden = "password"; // or a variable I don't want to show in URL.

echo  $html->link('Unlock Safe',  array('controller'  =>  'safes',  'action'  =>  'unlock',  $hidden));

Is the only option to make these views forms and make these buttons, so I can
parse passed in variables using request->data?

Thanks,
Bill

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Did you try with session variables?

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El 28/04/2012, a las 21:23, bs28723 <bill.sto...@boosterwebsolutions.com> escribió:

    I guess this could work. I just don't think of session variables as
    a way to pass parameters from one routine to another.

    seems like there may be way for session info to get messed up
    between calls?

    On 4/28/2012 8:53 PM, Alejandro Gómez Fernández [via CakePHP] wrote:

      Did you try with session variables?

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        El 28/04/2012, a las 21:23, bs28723 &lt; [hidden email] &gt;
        escribió:

        I looked at routing, but I did not see a way to solve my
          problem.

          I am looking for a way to create links to controller/actions
          and pass "large" or 'hidden' parameters.

          I could use a from and post, but seems like a lot of work for
          1 or 2 links in a view.

          I understand the simple link call with 1 parameter.

          echo  $html-&gt;link('View Post',  array('controller'  =&gt;
           'posts',  'action'  =&gt;  'view',  5));

          But, how can I pass large strings like

          $largestring = "This is a large string that could be over 255
          characters
          long and might contain html special characters";

          echo  $html-&gt;link('Update Post',  array('controller'  =&gt;
           'posts',  'action'  =&gt;  'update',  $largestring));

          or

          $hidden = "password"; // or a variable I don't want to show in
          URL.

          echo  $html-&gt;link('Unlock Safe',  array('controller'  =&gt;
           'safes',  'action'  =&gt;  'unlock',  $hidden));

          Is the only option to make these views forms and make these
          buttons, so I can

          parse passed in variables using request-&gt;data?

          Thanks,

          Bill

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On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 8:23 PM, bs28723