CodeIgniter loading a view into a view

Question

I need to load a view into a view within CodeIgniter, but cant seem to get it to work.

I have a loop. I need to place that loop within multiple views (same data different pages). So I have the loop by itself, as a view, to receive the array from the controller and display the data.

But the issue is the array is not available to the second view, its empty

The second view loads fine, but the array $due_check_data is empty

SO, I've tried many things, but according to the docs I can do something like this:

Controller:

// gather data for view

$view_data = array(
   'loop' => $this->load->view('checks/include/due_checks_table', $due_check_data, TRUE),
   'check_cats' => $this->check_model->get_check_cats(),
   'page_title' => 'Due Checks & Tests'
);

$this->load->view('checks/due_checks',$view_data);

But the array variable $due_check_data is empty

I'm just getting this error, saying the variable is empty?

Message: Undefined variable: due_check_data

You can follow this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9402924/how-to-load-view-into-another-view-codeigniter-2-1 — Web Artisan, Aug 19 '16 at 10:46
Yeah that doesnt work. I'm still getting an empty variable. I think the issue is passing the loop-array from the controller to the view — frobak, Aug 19 '16 at 10:54
No i can load the second view fine, but the array created within the controller is not making it to the second view, its empty — frobak, Aug 19 '16 at 11:06
Try with out TRUE. But I do not see any other data for $due_check_data like example `$due_check_data['title'] = 'Something';` — , Aug 19 '16 at 12:01

Dacklf · Answer 1 · 2016-08-23T15:33:12.830

You are passing the $view_data array to your view. Then, in your view, you can access only the variables contained in $view_data:

$loop
$check_cats
$page_title

There is no variable due_check_data in the view.

EDIT

The first view is contained in the variable $loop, so you can just print it in the second view (checks/due_checks):

echo $loop;

If you really want to have the $due_check_data array in the second view, why don't you simply pass it?

$view_data = array(
   'loop' => $this->load->view('checks/include/due_checks_table', $due_check_data, TRUE),
   'check_cats' => $this->check_model->get_check_cats(),
   'page_title' => 'Due Checks & Tests',
   'due_check_data' => $due_check_data
);

$this->load->view('checks/due_checks',$view_data);

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 19 '16 at 11:32

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You are missing <?php. Should be something like this

<?php echo $due_check_data; ?>

edited Aug 19 '16 at 11:32

answered Aug 19 '16 at 10:53

muya.dev

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 11:07

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Controller seems has no error. Check out some notices yourself:

<?=$due_check_data?>

This only available in PHP >= 5.4

<? echo $due_check_data; ?>

This only available when you enable short open tag in php.ini file but not recommended

answered Aug 19 '16 at 11:07

KmasterYC

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short tags are enabled and I have tried with and without – frobak Aug 19 '16 at 11:11

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 12:58

OK, i managed to solve this by declaring the variables globally, so they are available to all views.

        // gather data for view
        $view_data = array(
            'due_check_data' => $combined_checks,
            'check_cats'     => $this->check_model->get_check_cats(),
            'page_title'     => 'Due Checks & Tests'
        );

        $this->load->vars($view_data);
        $this->load->view('checks/due_checks');

CodeIgniter loading a view into a view

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