That was a typo, Nate, it was just "flag" in my code.

The problem turned out to be one of bad coding! flag was being
reassigned elsewhere in JS.

Thanks Nate and Dardo, for your comments as they motivated me to look
at my code in greater detail and ultimately find my error.

Peter -

On Feb 4, 1:46 pm, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> alert($flag); should be alert(flag);
>
> On Feb 4, 1:31 pm, peterhf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to pass a value created in a controller to a JS on the
> > target view.
>
> > $this->set('flag', 1); is in the controller.
>
> > var flag = <?php echo $flag ?>; is in the JS. I have also tried <?=
> > $flag ?> and <?php print($flag) ?>.
>
> > An alert($flag); statement in the JS displays nothing.
>
> > A search of this subject on Google retrieves numerous posts stating
> > that this works in non-CakePHP PHP code.
>
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> > Using CakePHP 1.1.13.4450.
>
> > Thanks for an help offered.
>
> > Peter -
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