Not loading view by calling method - php

Question

I made a user table that will link to his postings when he submits a post. (It parts works correctly)
So I have been trying to create a method in codeigniter 3. I have it set to where if the user is logged in and clicks his user name it will show all his submissions, by simply pulling from the table his user_id and then looping through his posts.
Well, I have two issues
when I enter in the url to call this function it wants a value for the uri. Example: localhost/CI/controller/account yet it will not load until I put something after account (account is the method name).
Like localhost/CI/controller/account/9
Also this function does not seem to work either for some reason, I do not know if it has something to do with it wanting another value.
I have researched this for the past hour with no luck.
Controller:
public function account(){
$data['title'] = 'Your submissions';
$data['posts'] = $this->post_model->user_posts();
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('users/profile', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
//view function the post by clicking on title
public function view ($slug=NULL){
$data['post'] = $this->post_model->get_posts($slug);
$post_id = $data['post']['id'];
$data['comments'] = $this->comment_model->get_comments($slug);
if(empty($data['post'])){
show_404();
}
$data['title'] = $data['post']['title'];
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('posts/view', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
Model:
public function user_posts (){
$usernum = $this->session->userdata('customer_id');
$this->db->order_by('created_time','DESC');
$query = $this->db->get_where('posts',array('customer_id ='=>'$usernum'));
return $query->result_array();
}
$query = $this->db->get_where('posts',array('slug'=>$slug));
return $query->row_array();
}
View:
<?php
echo $title;
foreach ($posts as $post): {
echo $post['title'];
}endforeach;
?>

Answer 1

Controller :
public function account($acno = "") {//changes
$data['title'] = 'Your submissions';
$data['posts'] = $this->Post_model->user_posts();//changes
echo'<pre>';print_r($data);die;//changes
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('users/profile', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}
Model :
public function user_posts() {
$usernum = $this->session->userdata('customer_id');
$this->db->order_by('created_time', 'DESC');
$query = $this->db->get_where('posts', array('customer_id =' => $usernum));//changes
if ($query->num_rows() > 0) {
return $query->result_array();
} else {
return array();
}
}

Answer 2

Change model function like this
public function user_posts (){
$usernum = $this->session->userdata('customer_id');
$this->db->order_by('created_time','DESC');
$query = $this->db->get_where('posts', array('customer_id' => $usernum));
return $query->result_array();
}
The associative array does not need = in where() or get_where() to get the record
Do not need single quotes with $usernum

Answer 3

After trying somethings this is what corrected my issues
Public function user_posts (){
$this->db->order_by('created_time','DESC');
$query = $this->db->get_where('posts', array('customer_id' => $this->session->userdata('customer_id')));
return $query->result_array();
}
I believe by removing the $usernum = $this->session->userdata('customer_id'); and adding it to the query, now allows the user to call his own session id without the need to enter one into the function.
Thanks to those that gave me input

Answer 4

I dont know how your button click is set up but this is how you should do it.
Button click page
<?= site_url(); ?>controller_name/account
account function in controller
function account(){
//1. Check if user is Logged in
if (!$this->ion_auth->logged_in())
{
//If they are not logged in, redirect them to login page or do something
}
else{
//User is logged in so get submissions
//Get all submissions
$data['title'] = 'Your submissions';
$this->data['posts']= $this->post_model->user_posts();
$this->load->view('templates/header');
$this->load->view('users/profile', $data);
$this->load->view('templates/footer');
}}
User posts function in Model
function user_posts (){
$user = $this->ion_auth->user()->row();
$ref_id=$user->id; //Gets you user id
$this->db->where(['customer_id'=>$ref_id]);
$this->db->order_by('created_time','DESC');
$query=$this->db->get('posts');
if($query->result())
{
return $query->result();
}
else
{
return false;
}}
Also, consider using Ion Auth for your login in codeigniter as it allows you access session data easily without issues as the one you've been facing.