Question

Here is my Model:

function get_name() {
    $this->db->select('first_name');
    $this->db->where('email', $this->session->userdata('email'));
    $query = $this->db->get('users');

    if($query->num_rows() == 1) {
        return true;
    }
}

and this is my controller method:

function show_name() {
    $this->load->model('users_model');
    $this->users_model->get_name();
    }

and the method that passes a name to view:

function profile(){
    $data['first_name'] = $this->show_name();
    $this->load->view('members/template', $data);
}

I get nothing in the view, I checked my query and it works fine. Is there anything I’m missing?

Answer 1

You need to update your code. You need to return first_name from the function get_name

function get_name() {
        $this->db->select('first_name');
        $this->db->where('email', $this->session->userdata('email'));
        $query = $this->db->get('users');

        if($query->num_rows() == 1) {
            return $query->row()->first_name;
        }
    }

You also need to return the value from function show_name

function show_name() {
    $this->load->model('users_model');
    return $this->users_model->get_name();
    }