Question

I have following

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
class Hello extends CI_Controller {
  var $name = 'test';
  function index() {
    $this->name = 'Andy';
    $data['name'] = $this->name;
    $this->load->view('you_view', $data);  // THIS WORKS
  }

  function you() {
    $data['name'] = $this->name;
    $this->load->view('you_view', $data);  // BUT THIS DOESN'T WORK
  }
}

My question is how to I pass the $this->name = 'Andy'; to you() ??

Answer 1

Since it is being set in a different method of the controller, which equates to another request in your code, you will need to store it in a session variable to have it persist across page requests.

function index() {
    $this->name = 'Andy';
    $data['name'] = $this->name;
    $this->session->set_userdata('name', $this->name);
    $this->load->view('you_view', $data);  // THIS WORKS
  }

  function you() {
    $data['name'] = $this->session->userdata('name');
    $this->load->view('you_view', $data);  // BUT THIS DOESN'T WORK
  }