Passing image URL to view from controller - php

Question

I am currently stuck with a situation where I cant get the right line to pass through to make the image show, this is what I have so far:
Controller
// Get image URL and alternate text
$image_filename = "<?php echo base_url('assets/imgs/'". $code ."'.png'); ?>";
$page_data['image_filename'] = $image_filename;
$image_alt = 'Image: ' . $code . '.png';
$page_data['image_alt'] = $image_alt;
$this->load->view('common/header');
$this->load->view('top_nav');
$this->load->view('shop_viewprod', $page_data);
$this->load->view('common/footer');
}
I have to find the image for the product selected that's why I have to use the $code variable, cause it will always change and that's how I get the code for the current item selected.
And then the view
<img src="<?php echo $image_filename; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image_alt; ?>" />
The path to the image is:
assets\imgs\name.png
The thing is, if I do use this in the view, it finds the image
<img src="<?php echo base_url('assets/imgs/fg700s.png'); ?> " alt="<?php echo $image_alt; ?>" />
Just to show you the two side by side in the code
<img src="<?php echo $image_filename; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image_alt; ?>" />
<img src="<?php echo base_url('assets/imgs/fg700s.png'); ?> " alt="<?php echo $image_alt; ?>" />
and the result:
So I reckon its the way I make the image_filename variable and how I use it in the view, but I cant understand what it is I am missing?
Can anyone help me solve this please?

Answer 1

You are not passing the variable(s) to the view.
When you load your view, you are passing a variable, probably $data, to the $this->load->view() function as the second parameter.
It is probably an array.
You should set a key like $data['image_filename'] = base_url[...]; before loading the view.

Answer 2

So I played around with it alil more and came up with this:
In the controller:
$page_data['code'] = $code;
$image_alt = 'Image: ' . $code . '.png';
$page_data['image_alt'] = $image_alt;
In the View
<img src="<?php echo base_url('assets/imgs/'.$code.'.png'); ?>" alt="<?php echo $image_alt; ?>" />
Works like a charm.