Sending $data Variable From Model To View - php

Question

Okay, so I have this snippet of code in a controller. However, it's all DB driven and should really be in model - I get that. However, as you can see in the IF statement, I need to pass along $data to my view. Based on the outcome. I tried pasting this chuck of coding in a method in my model (calling the model method via controller), however the $data[update_prompt] string is not getting called by the view...
How would I translate this code into a model - sending the $data values back to my controller to embed in my view?
// show appropriate upgrade message if user has free account
$id = $this->session->userdata('user_id');
$this->db->select('subscription'); // select the subscription column
$this->db->where('id', $id); //find id in table that matches session id
$query = $this->db->get("subscriptions"); // connect to this database
$subscribe = $query->result_array(); //returns the result of the above
if($subscribe[0]['subscription'] == 'freebie') // if subscription column equals 'freebie' in the $subscribe array, do this:
{
$data['update_prompt'] = $this -> load -> view('shared/upgrade_subscription', '', TRUE); // adds view within view, $update_prompt
}
else
{
$data['update_prompt'] = '';
}

Answer 1

You would add a function in your model, like so:
public function myModelFunction($id) {
//we return row as we are looking up by primary key and are guaranteed only one row
return $this->db->select('subscription')
->where('id', $id)
->get('subscriptions')
->row();
}
Then, in your controller:
public function myControllerFunction() {
$subscribe = $this->my_model->myModelFunction($this->session->userdata('id'));
if($subscribe->subscription == 'freebie') // if subscription column equals 'freebie' in the $subscribe array, do this:
{
$data['update_prompt'] = $this -> load -> view('shared/upgrade_subscription', '', TRUE); // adds view within view, $update_prompt
}
else
{
$data['update_prompt'] = '';
}
}