cakephp fat model still undefined variable in the view action - variables

Question

I have created a method in my model that successfully displays the correct data when I pr($variable) to the screen. However without the print I am receiving the 'Notice (8): Undefined variable' message.
The model in question 'industry' has many 'news and events'.
What I'm trying to do in the view for a specific industry is display news that is of two different conditions. One type of news is news.type = highlight(displaying just one highlight story), and the second is a list of active stories.
This is the method in my model.
// industry highlight news
public function getHighlightNews() {
$newsHeadline = $this->News->find('first', array(
'conditions' => array('News.type' => 'highlight','News.active' => 'yes'),
'limit' => 1,
'recursive' => 0,
'fields' => array(
'News.slug',
'News.title',
'News.date',
'News.imgPathThumb',
'News.alt_tag',
'News.id',
'News.caption',
'News.body'
),
));
return $newsHeadline;
}
public function getNewsList() {
$newslist = $this->News->find('all', array(
'conditions' => array('News.active = "Yes"','News.industry_id = 1'),
'limit' => 4,
'recursive' => 0,
'fields' => array(
'News.slug',
'News.title',
'News.date',
'News.industry_id',
'News.imgPathThumb',
'News.alt_tag',
'News.id',
'News.caption',
'News.body'
),
));
return $newslist;
}
And this is what is in my industry controller. I've created similar model methods for the news list and event lists.
public function view($id = null) {
$this->layout='default';
$this->Industry->id = $id;
if (!$this->Industry->exists()) {
throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid industry'));
}
$eventlist = $this->Industry->getEventsList($id);
$newslist = $this->Industry->getNewsList($id);
$highlights = $this->Industry->getHighlightNews($id);
//pr($newslist); die;
$this->set('eventlist', $eventlist, 'newslist', $newslist, 'highlights', $highlights);
}
And this is my view:
<div class="first articles">
<?php foreach ($highlights as $highlight): ?>
<h1><?php echo $highlight['Industry']['title']; ?></h1>
<p><?php echo $highlight['Industry']['body']; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</p>
</div><!-- /articles -->
the message I get in the view is:
Notice (8): Undefined variable: highlights [APP\View\Industries\view.ctp, line 12]
Warning (2): Invalid argument supplied for foreach() [APP\View\Industries\view.ctp, line 12]
I suspect it's something small I'm overlooking.
Thanks, Paul

Answer 1

Setting variables doesn't work like that. You need to change this:
$this->set('eventlist', $eventlist, 'newslist', $newslist, 'highlights', $highlights);
To this:
$this->set('eventlist', $eventlist);
$this->set('newslist', $newslist);
$this->set('highlights', $highlights);
Or this:
$this->set(compact('eventlist','newslist','highlights'));