retrieving data in view from controller - php

Question

So im running a query and trying to return a result set back into my view however when I do <?php foreach ($form_records as $form_record) : ?><?php echo $form_record['fname']; ?> <?php endforeach; ?> I get Undefined variable: form_records. What am i doing wrong when I run the query (Select fname, lname from form_manager where username = "tester") I get a row returned successfully so the query is working.
Model
function retrieve_form_record($username) {
$this->db->select('fname,lname');
$this->db->from('form_manager');
$this->db->where('username', $username);
$query = $this->db->get();
if ($query->num_rows() > 0)
{
$form_records= $query->result_array();
return $form_records;
}
else {
return false;
}
}
}
Controller
function load_saved_forms() {
$username = $this->tank_auth->get_username();
$form_records = $this->Form_model->retrieve_form_record($username);
$this->load->view('welcome',$form_records);
}

Answer 1

The problem is how you pass parameter to view, change this line:
$this->load->view('welcome',$form_records);
to :
$data['form_records'] = $form_records; //<<--pass data to view right way.
$this->load->view('welcome',$data);
and the then you can perform this inside view:
<?php foreach ($form_records as $form_record) : ?>
<?php echo $form_record['fname']; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
Note that $form_records in view is an index of array $datayou passed at $this->load->view('welcome',$data);

Answer 2

The $form_records is probably an array and looking at the codeigniter's doc it will turn those into array elements when it is passed to the view.
See this link: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/views.html
But it is saying if you did this in your controller:
$data['todo_list'] = array('Clean House', 'Call Mom', 'Run Errands');
$this->load->view('blogview', $data);
You can use that "todo_list" like this in your view:
<?php foreach ($todo_list as $item):?>
<li><?php echo $item;?></li>
<?php endforeach;?>