Php Display While Loop From Function - php

Question

I have a question regarding displaying the contents of a function, this function displaying a while loop.
Here is a function within my model:
function get_results($id)
{
$stmt = "select * where ... "
$stmt = $this->BEAR->Database->query($stmt);
$result = '';
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($stmt))
{
$result .= '<div>';
$result .= $row['name'];
$result .= '</div>';
}
$this->BEAR->Template->setData('loop', $result, FALSE);
}
This is my Controller:
$BEAR->Webprofile->get_results(Template->getData('id'));
And this is my view:
<?php echo $this->getData('loop');?>
This displays the Loop within my view with no problem. But what I wish for is not to have any HTMl within my Model, Is there anyway of doing this (As this can cause a large amount of HTML in my Model). Maybe a way I can set the data within the Model and then get the data within my view.
I tried setting within the Model functions while loop individually like the following:
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($stmt))
{
$this->BEAR->Template->setData('name', $row['name']);
$this->BEAR->Template->setData('name', $row['age']);
}
Then call the function in the Controller and call each setData, but this only displayed the first result not the full while loop of contents.
Therefore I wish to display all the contents of my while loop in my view (with HTML) but wish my function to just be getting and setting the Data. Can this be done? Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to apply some discipline to your MVC. Your models need to return raw data. It should return only objects or arrays of data. The key is consistency.
Your views need to include all the code to add your html formatting. Having a view that simply calls a model function you wrote that spits out a div or an ordered list, makes the entire concept of the view useless. Your views should provide all the HTML code.
Since you're using PHP, you can easily drop in and out of HTML.
Start with something like this in your model:
function get_results($id)
{
$stmt = "select * where ... "
$stmt = $this->BEAR->Database->query($stmt);
$results = array();
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($stmt))
{
$results[] = $row['name'];
}
return results;
}
From there, you should be able to figure out that your controller should call this function, and pass the $results into your view/template along with the specific view file for rendering.

Answer 2

function get_results($id)
{
$stmt = "select * where ... "
$stmt = $this->BEAR->Database->query($stmt);
$result = '';
$result = mysqli_fetch_array($stmt);
return $result;
}
Then in your controller:
$this->BEAR->Template->setData('loop', $model->get_results($id), FALSE);
Then in your template
foreach($rows as $row){
....do something with each row
}
full example of how to get the data from the model and then pass to the template
class MyController {
function controller_showResults(){
$model = new Model();
$results = $model->get_results($_GET['id']);
$this->BEAR->Template->setData('loop', $results, FALSE);
}
}
Now the view assuming that the first argument to setData in template is a variable passed to the view and that variable is $results
<?php foreach($loop as $l): ?>
<div><?php echo $l['name'] ?></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>