In real php you would have collected the GET Parameters from a URL like this www.example.com/test.php?id=1 using the $_GET variable in this fashion $get_variable = $_GET['id']; You can also do the same in CakePHP. In CakePHP if you are passing parameters in the URL, then the URL would appear like this (also they are named) http://www.example.com/test/view/id:1 the controller like this
function view(id=null){
$get_variable = $this->params['named']['id'];
}
or
http://www.example.com/test/view/1/submit:yes
function view($id=null, $submit=null){
$get_variable_submit = $this->params['named']['submit'];
}
http://www.example.com/test/view/1/submit:yes
function view($id=null, $submit=null){
$get_variable_submit = $this->params['named']['submit'];
}