Passing variable to view from controller - php

Question

Can something like this be done? I want to pass a variable from a public function to my view.
public function index() {
$home_data['username'] = "myname";
$home_data['cool'] = $this->variable;
$this->load->view('home_view', $home_data);
}
public function a_function() {
public $variable = "cool";
}
//EDIT//
This is what I m actually trying to accomplish and I m stuck.
get_two gets two items from a table. I want to add the two items to two variables and pass them to the view.
public function get_two() {
$get_results = $this->home_model->get_two_brands();
if($get_results != false){
$html = '';
foreach($get_results as $result){
$html .= '<li>'.$result->brand.'</li>';
}
$result = array('status' => 'ok', 'content' => $html);
header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($result);
exit();
}
}//public function get_two() {
Should I create two functions like this? But I don't know how to pass the $get_results array from get_two to the below functions. I tried public $get_results = $this->model ... etc but that didn't work.
public function result_one() {
return $resultOne = $get_results[0];
}
public function result_two() {
return $resultTwo = $get_results[1];
}

Answer 1

I'm not sure I've got the question correctly but what you're trying to achieve is something like this?
public function index() {
$home_data['username'] = "myname";
$home_data['cool'] = $this->a_function();
$this->load->view('home_view', $home_data);
}
public function a_function() {
return $variable = "cool";
}
/** AFTER EDIT **/
Things get complicated (possibly because of my english comprehension).
you said
get_two gets two items from a table. I want to add the two items to two variables and pass them to the view.
So from the function get_two() you need to get and use the result in this way?
public function index() {
$home_data['username'] = "myname";
$home_data['cool'] = $this->get_two(); // <- here?
$this->load->view('home_view', $home_data);
}
So you can try with:
public function get_two() {
$get_results = $this->home_model->get_two_brands();
if($get_results != false){
return $get_results;
}
}
and then
public function index() {
$home_data['username'] = "myname";
$home_data['cool'] = $this->get_two();
$this->load->view('home_view', $home_data);
}
and inside you home_view :
<?php
foreach($home_data['cool'] as $result){
echo '<li>'.$result->brand.'</li>';
}
?>
/** AFTER NEW QUESTION **/
I need the ids of the two choices as two distinct variables
So change the index function this way:
public function index() {
$home_data['username'] = "myname";
$home_data['cool'] = $this->get_two(); // <- maybe you don't need this anymore
list($result1, $result2) = $this->get_two();
$home_data['resultId1'] = $result1->id;
$home_data['resultId2'] = $result2->id;
$this->load->view('home_view', $home_data);
}
Now you're able to use $home_data['resultId1'] and $home_data['resultId1'] inside your view.

Answer 2

You can also define the variable in the constructor, this is one way .
CODE:
public function __construct(){
$this->variable = "cool";
}
public function index() {
$home_data['username'] = "myname";
$home_data['cool'] = $this->variable;
$this->load->view('home_view', $home_data);
}

Answer 3

I don't know the codeigniter framework so this is why I asked for a part of your view but it looks pretty simple as I check in the doc. And the doc's are not bad there.
Check for Adding Dynamic Data to the View
public_function() should return something, for ex:
function public_function() {
return 'groovy';
}
Then call it in the controller:
public function index() {
$home_data['username'] = "myname";
$home_data['cool'] = $this->public_function();
$this->load->view('home_view', $home_data);
}
Then add to the view somewhere
<?php echo $home_data['cool'];?>
I assume it's wrapped in some class. So if you cannot return the value you need (for ex. function already returns something else) then do something like this:
class Someclass {
public $some_class_variable;
function public_function() {
$this->some_class_variable = 'groovy';
}
function index() {
$home_data['cool'] = $this->some_class_variable;
}
}