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  425.   <div class="section" id="views">
    426. 

  426. <h1>Views<a class="headerlink" href="#views" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h1>
    427. 

  427. <p>A view is simply a web page, or a page fragment, like a header, footer,
    428. 

  428. sidebar, etc. In fact, views can flexibly be embedded within other views
    429. 

  429. (within other views, etc., etc.) if you need this type of hierarchy.</p>
    430. 

  430. <p>Views are never called directly, they must be loaded by a
    431. 

  431. <a class="reference internal" href="controllers.html"><span class="doc">controller</span></a>. Remember that in an MVC framework, the
    432. 

  432. Controller acts as the traffic cop, so it is responsible for fetching a
    433. 

  433. particular view. If you have not read the
    434. 

  434. <a class="reference internal" href="controllers.html"><span class="doc">Controllers</span></a> page you should do so before
    435. 

  435. continuing.</p>
    436. 

  436. <p>Using the example controller you created in the
    437. 

  437. <a class="reference internal" href="controllers.html"><span class="doc">controller</span></a> page, let’s add a view to it.</p>
    438. 

  438. <div class="section" id="creating-a-view">
    439. 

  439. <h2>Creating a View<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-a-view" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
    440. 

  440. <p>Using your text editor, create a file called blogview.php, and put this
    441. 

  441. in it:</p>
    442. 

  442. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">html</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    443. 

  443. <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">head</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    444. 

  444.         <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">title</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="nx">My</span> <span class="nx">Blog</span><span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="nx">title</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    445. 

  445. <span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="nx">head</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    446. 

  446. <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">body</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    447. 

  447.         <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">h1</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="nx">Welcome</span> <span class="nx">to</span> <span class="nx">my</span> <span class="nx">Blog</span><span class="o">!&lt;/</span><span class="nx">h1</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    448. 

  448. <span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="nx">body</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    449. 

  449. <span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="nx">html</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    450. 

  450. </pre></div>
    451. 

  451. </div>
    452. 

  452. <p>Then save the file in your <em>application/views/</em> directory.</p>
    453. 

  453. </div>
    454. 

  454. <div class="section" id="loading-a-view">
    455. 

  455. <h2>Loading a View<a class="headerlink" href="#loading-a-view" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
    456. 

  456. <p>To load a particular view file you will use the following method:</p>
    457. 

  457. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;name&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
    458. 

  458. </pre></div>
    459. 

  459. </div>
    460. 

  460. <p>Where name is the name of your view file.</p>
    461. 

  461. <div class="admonition note">
    462. 

  462. <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
    463. 

  463. <p class="last">The .php file extension does not need to be specified
    464. 

  464. unless you use something other than .php.</p>
    465. 

  465. </div>
    466. 

  466. <p>Now, open the controller file you made earlier called Blog.php, and
    467. 

  467. replace the echo statement with the view loading method:</p>
    468. 

  468. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
    469. 

  469. <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Blog</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Controller</span> <span class="p">{</span>
    470. 

  470. 

  471.         <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">index</span><span class="p">()</span>
    472. 

  472.         <span class="p">{</span>
    473. 

  473.                 <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;blogview&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
    474. 

  474.         <span class="p">}</span>
    475. 

  475. <span class="p">}</span>
    476. 

  476. </pre></div>
    477. 

  477. </div>
    478. 

  478. <p>If you visit your site using the URL you did earlier you should see your
    479. 

  479. new view. The URL was similar to this:</p>
    480. 

  480. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nx">example</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">com</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="nx">index</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nx">php</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="nx">blog</span><span class="o">/</span>
    481. 

  481. </pre></div>
    482. 

  482. </div>
    483. 

  483. </div>
    484. 

  484. <div class="section" id="loading-multiple-views">
    485. 

  485. <h2>Loading multiple views<a class="headerlink" href="#loading-multiple-views" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
    486. 

  486. <p>CodeIgniter will intelligently handle multiple calls to
    487. 

  487. <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$this-&gt;load-&gt;view()</span></code> from within a controller. If more than one call
    488. 

  488. happens they will be appended together. For example, you may wish to
    489. 

  489. have a header view, a menu view, a content view, and a footer view. That
    490. 

  490. might look something like this:</p>
    491. 

  491. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
    492. 

  492. 

  493. <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Page</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Controller</span> <span class="p">{</span>
    494. 

  494. 

  495.         <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">index</span><span class="p">()</span>
    496. 

  496.         <span class="p">{</span>
    497. 

  497.                 <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;page_title&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Your title&#39;</span><span class="p">;</span>
    498. 

  498.                 <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;header&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
    499. 

  499.                 <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;menu&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
    500. 

  500.                 <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;content&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
    501. 

  501.                 <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;footer&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
    502. 

  502.         <span class="p">}</span>
    503. 

  503. 

  504. <span class="p">}</span>
    505. 

  505. </pre></div>
    506. 

  506. </div>
    507. 

  507. <p>In the example above, we are using “dynamically added data”, which you
    508. 

  508. will see below.</p>
    509. 

  509. </div>
    510. 

  510. <div class="section" id="storing-views-within-sub-directories">
    511. 

  511. <h2>Storing Views within Sub-directories<a class="headerlink" href="#storing-views-within-sub-directories" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
    512. 

  512. <p>Your view files can also be stored within sub-directories if you prefer
    513. 

  513. that type of organization. When doing so you will need to include the
    514. 

  514. directory name loading the view. Example:</p>
    515. 

  515. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;directory_name/file_name&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
    516. 

  516. </pre></div>
    517. 

  517. </div>
    518. 

  518. </div>
    519. 

  519. <div class="section" id="adding-dynamic-data-to-the-view">
    520. 

  520. <h2>Adding Dynamic Data to the View<a class="headerlink" href="#adding-dynamic-data-to-the-view" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
    521. 

  521. <p>Data is passed from the controller to the view by way of an <strong>array</strong> or
    522. 

  522. an <strong>object</strong> in the second parameter of the view loading method. Here
    523. 

  523. is an example using an array:</p>
    524. 

  524. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span>
    525. 

  525.         <span class="s1">&#39;title&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="s1">&#39;My Title&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
    526. 

  526.         <span class="s1">&#39;heading&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="s1">&#39;My Heading&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
    527. 

  527.         <span class="s1">&#39;message&#39;</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span> <span class="s1">&#39;My Message&#39;</span>
    528. 

  528. <span class="p">);</span>
    529. 

  529. 

  530. <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;blogview&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
    531. 

  531. </pre></div>
    532. 

  532. </div>
    533. 

  533. <p>And here’s an example using an object:</p>
    534. 

  534. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">new</span> <span class="nx">Someclass</span><span class="p">();</span>
    535. 

  535. <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;blogview&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
    536. 

  536. </pre></div>
    537. 

  537. </div>
    538. 

  538. <div class="admonition note">
    539. 

  539. <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
    540. 

  540. <p class="last">If you use an object, the class variables will be turned
    541. 

  541. into array elements.</p>
    542. 

  542. </div>
    543. 

  543. <p>Let’s try it with your controller file. Open it add this code:</p>
    544. 

  544. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
    545. 

  545. <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Blog</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Controller</span> <span class="p">{</span>
    546. 

  546. 

  547.         <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">index</span><span class="p">()</span>
    548. 

  548.         <span class="p">{</span>
    549. 

  549.                 <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;title&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;My Real Title&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
    550. 

  550.                 <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;heading&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;My Real Heading&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
    551. 

  551. 

  552.                 <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;blogview&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
    553. 

  553.         <span class="p">}</span>
    554. 

  554. <span class="p">}</span>
    555. 

  555. </pre></div>
    556. 

  556. </div>
    557. 

  557. <p>Now open your view file and change the text to variables that correspond
    558. 

  558. to the array keys in your data:</p>
    559. 

  559. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">html</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    560. 

  560. <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">head</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    561. 

  561.         <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">title</span><span class="o">&gt;&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$title</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="cp">?&gt;</span><span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    562. 

  562. <span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">head</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    563. 

  563. <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    564. 

  564.         <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">&gt;</span><span class="cp">&lt;?php</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$heading</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="cp">?&gt;</span><span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    565. 

  565. <span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    566. 

  566. <span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">html</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    567. 

  567. </pre></div>
    568. 

  568. </div>
    569. 

  569. <p>Then load the page at the URL you’ve been using and you should see the
    570. 

  570. variables replaced.</p>
    571. 

  571. </div>
    572. 

  572. <div class="section" id="creating-loops">
    573. 

  573. <h2>Creating Loops<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-loops" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
    574. 

  574. <p>The data array you pass to your view files is not limited to simple
    575. 

  575. variables. You can pass multi dimensional arrays, which can be looped to
    576. 

  576. generate multiple rows. For example, if you pull data from your database
    577. 

  577. it will typically be in the form of a multi-dimensional array.</p>
    578. 

  578. <p>Here’s a simple example. Add this to your controller:</p>
    579. 

  579. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span>
    580. 

  580. <span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Blog</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nx">CI_Controller</span> <span class="p">{</span>
    581. 

  581. 

  582.         <span class="k">public</span> <span class="k">function</span> <span class="nf">index</span><span class="p">()</span>
    583. 

  583.         <span class="p">{</span>
    584. 

  584.                 <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;todo_list&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Clean House&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Call Mom&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;Run Errands&#39;</span><span class="p">);</span>
    585. 

  585. 

  586.                 <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;title&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;My Real Title&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
    587. 

  587.                 <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">&#39;heading&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;My Real Heading&quot;</span><span class="p">;</span>
    588. 

  588. 

  589.                 <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;blogview&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$data</span><span class="p">);</span>
    590. 

  590.         <span class="p">}</span>
    591. 

  591. <span class="p">}</span>
    592. 

  592. </pre></div>
    593. 

  593. </div>
    594. 

  594. <p>Now open your view file and create a loop:</p>
    595. 

  595. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">html</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    596. 

  596. <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">head</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
    597. 

  597.         <span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nx">title</span><span class="o">&gt;&lt;?</span><span class="nx">php</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$title</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="cp">?&gt;</span><span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">title</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    598. 

  598. <span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">head</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    599. 

  599. <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    600. 

  600.         <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">&gt;</span><span class="cp">&lt;?php</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$heading</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="cp">?&gt;</span><span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">h1</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    601. 

  601. 

  602.         <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">h3</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>My Todo List<span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">h3</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    603. 

  603. 

  604.         <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    605. 

  605.         <span class="cp">&lt;?php</span> <span class="k">foreach</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$todo_list</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nv">$item</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">:</span><span class="cp">?&gt;</span>
    606. 

  606. 

  607.                 <span class="p">&lt;</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">&gt;</span><span class="cp">&lt;?php</span> <span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nv">$item</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="cp">?&gt;</span><span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">li</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    608. 

  608. 

  609.         <span class="cp">&lt;?php</span> <span class="k">endforeach</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="cp">?&gt;</span>
    610. 

  610.         <span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">ul</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    611. 

  611. 

  612. <span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">body</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    613. 

  613. <span class="p">&lt;/</span><span class="nt">html</span><span class="p">&gt;</span>
    614. 

  614. </pre></div>
    615. 

  615. </div>
    616. 

  616. <div class="admonition note">
    617. 

  617. <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
    618. 

  618. <p class="last">You’ll notice that in the example above we are using PHP’s
    619. 

  619. alternative syntax. If you are not familiar with it you can read about
    620. 

  620. it <a class="reference internal" href="alternative_php.html"><span class="doc">here</span></a>.</p>
    621. 

  621. </div>
    622. 

  622. </div>
    623. 

  623. <div class="section" id="returning-views-as-data">
    624. 

  624. <h2>Returning views as data<a class="headerlink" href="#returning-views-as-data" title="Permalink to this headline"></a></h2>
    625. 

  625. <p>There is a third <strong>optional</strong> parameter lets you change the behavior of
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  631. <div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$string</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-&gt;</span><span class="na">view</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;myfile&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="k">TRUE</span><span class="p">);</span>
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