Yii pass variable from view to layout

Today I found out how to pass variable from view to layout ..

using these
Yii::app()->params['your_awesome_name'] =  ' Awesome Name Here ';


and to access it , it will be like ..



$awesome_name = Yii::app()->params['your_awesome_name'];
$awesome_name = $awesome_name ? $awesome_name: "Default Awesome Name Here";