Question

I have the following query, which returns a single row.

MODEL:

function get_guide_first(){
        $this->db
            ->select('*')
            ->from('guides_entries')
            ->order_by("guide_name", "asc")
            ->limit(1, 0)
            ->join('guides_content', 'guides_content.guide_id = guides_entries.guide_id'); 
        $query = $this->db->get();
        return $query->result_array();
    }

Here is my controller:

CONTROLLER:

public function get_first_guide(){
        $page_data['guide']=$this->guides_model->get_guide_first();
        $this->load->view('guidepage', $page_data);
    }

I then run a foreach() loop in my view (or controller sometimes).

VIEW:

foreach($guide as $row){
    echo $row['guide_content'];
    $activecat=$row['guide_slug'];
 }

Now what I would ideally like to do is return an array back from my model but even using:

return $query->row();

returns an object rather than an array.

1)How can I return this row as a 2d array?
e.g. so that I could echo a result in the controller as guide[‘col_name’] rather than guide()->col_name.

2)how would I pass the object to my view so that I could use $guide->col_name from there (I would need to pass this along eith the $page_data array)

Answer 1

If i’m reading your question right: You can use row_array instead of result_array

I think:
return $query->result_array();

returns an

array(
   0 => array(
      'blah' => 'blah',
      'smile' => 'smile'
   )

);

to return just an associated array.

row array will return

array(
  'blah' => 'blah',
  'smile' => 'smile'    
)