Removing magic 'title' key in Controller::set() and View::set()

Removing Controller::$pageTitle and View::$pageTitle.
Instead you should set('title_for_layout', $val) from your view or controller.
Test cases updated.

cake/libs/controller/controller.php

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
  * @package       cake
  * @subpackage    cake.cake.libs.controller
  * @link          http://book.cakephp.org/view/49/Controllers
- *
  */
 class Controller extends Object {
 
@@ -713,14 +712,7 @@ function set($one, $two = null) {
 		} else {
 			$data = array($one => $two);
 		}
-
-		foreach ($data as $name => $value) {
-			if ($name === 'title') {
-				$this->pageTitle = $value;
-			} else {
-				$this->viewVars[$name] = $value;
-			}
-		}
+		$this->viewVars = array_merge($this->viewVars, $data);
 	}
 
 /**

cake/libs/view/view.php

@@ -133,14 +133,6 @@ class View extends Object {
  */
 	var $layoutPath = null;
 
-/**
- * Title HTML element of this View.
- *
- * @var string
- * @access public
- */
-	var $pageTitle = false;
-
 /**
  * Turns on or off Cake's conventional mode of rendering views. On by default.
  *
@@ -272,7 +264,7 @@ class View extends Object {
  */
 	var $__passedVars = array(
 		'viewVars', 'action', 'autoLayout', 'autoRender', 'ext', 'base', 'webroot',
-		'helpers', 'here', 'layout', 'name', 'pageTitle', 'layoutPath', 'viewPath',
+		'helpers', 'here', 'layout', 'name', 'layoutPath', 'viewPath',
 		'params', 'data', 'plugin', 'passedArgs', 'cacheAction'
 	);
 
@@ -461,27 +453,25 @@ function renderLayout($content_for_layout, $layout = null) {
 			unset($this->viewVars['cakeDebug']);
 		}
 
-		if ($this->pageTitle !== false) {
-			$pageTitle = $this->pageTitle;
-		} else {
-			$pageTitle = Inflector::humanize($this->viewPath);
-		}
-		$data_for_layout = array_merge($this->viewVars, array(
-			'title_for_layout' => $pageTitle,
+		$dataForLayout = array_merge($this->viewVars, array(
 			'content_for_layout' => $content_for_layout,
 			'scripts_for_layout' => join("\n\t", $this->__scripts),
 			'cakeDebug' => $debug
 		));
 
+		if (!isset($dataForLayout['title_for_layout'])) {
+			$dataForLayout['title_for_layout'] = Inflector::humanize($this->viewPath);
+		}
+
 		if (empty($this->loaded) && !empty($this->helpers)) {
 			$loadHelpers = true;
 		} else {
 			$loadHelpers = false;
-			$data_for_layout = array_merge($data_for_layout, $this->loaded);
+			$dataForLayout = array_merge($dataForLayout, $this->loaded);
 		}
 
 		$this->_triggerHelpers('beforeLayout');
-		$this->output = $this->_render($layoutFileName, $data_for_layout, $loadHelpers, true);
+		$this->output = $this->_render($layoutFileName, $dataForLayout, $loadHelpers, true);
 
 		if ($this->output === false) {
 			$this->output = $this->_render($layoutFileName, $data_for_layout);
@@ -630,9 +620,8 @@ function entity() {
  *
  * @param mixed $one A string or an array of data.
  * @param mixed $two Value in case $one is a string (which then works as the key).
- *              Unused if $one is an associative array, otherwise serves as the
- *              values to $one's keys.
- * @return unknown
+ *    Unused if $one is an associative array, otherwise serves as the values to $one's keys.
+ * @return void
  */
 	function set($one, $two = null) {
 		$data = null;
@@ -645,18 +634,10 @@ function set($one, $two = null) {
 		} else {
 			$data = array($one => $two);
 		}
-
 		if ($data == null) {
 			return false;
 		}
-
-		foreach ($data as $name => $value) {
-			if ($name == 'title') {
-				$this->pageTitle = $value;
-			} else {
-				$this->viewVars[$name] = $value;
-			}
-		}
+		$this->viewVars = array_merge($this->viewVars, $data);
 	}
 
 /**

cake/tests/cases/libs/controller/controller.test.php

@@ -749,7 +749,8 @@ function testControllerSet() {
 		$this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('ModelName', $Controller->viewVars));
 
 		$Controller->set('title', 'someTitle');
-		$this->assertIdentical($Controller->pageTitle, 'someTitle');
+		$this->assertIdentical($Controller->viewVars['title'], 'someTitle');
+		$this->assertNotEqual($Controller->pageTitle, 'someTitle');
 
 		$Controller->viewVars = array();
 		$expected = array('ModelName' => 'name', 'ModelName2' => 'name2');

cake/tests/cases/libs/view/view.test.php

@@ -833,9 +833,6 @@ function testSet() {
 		$this->assertIdentical($View->viewVars, array('somekey' => 'someValue'));
 		$this->assertIdentical($View->getVars(), array('somekey'));
 
-		$View->set('title', 'my_title');
-		$this->assertIdentical($View->pageTitle, 'my_title');
-
 		$View->viewVars = array();
 		$keys = array('key1', 'key2');
 		$values = array('value1', 'value2');