Set::extract()
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-utility-libraries/set.html
Deprecated since version 2.2: The Set class has been deprecated in 2.2 in favour of the Hash class. It offers a more consistent interface and API.
<?php $value = Set::extract($data, 'Model.name'); // 2.2 $value = Hash::get($data, 'Model.name');