CodeIgniter - every controller need 3 variables passed to views

Question

I'm in the middle of cleaning up a web app written in CodeIgniter. Each main view has a sidebar that displays some common database driven data - recent updates, news, etc. I have the queries cached to help speed things up a bit but I'm also looking for a better way to make this happen.

Right now each controller loads the model, loads up the $data array and passes it to the view.

I've extended the main CI controller class and am not loading up the data in the constructor which has simplified the code a bit but I'm still left feeling like there should be a better way. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

not sure if that's what you're asking , but you can have a extra parent/base controller to load repetitive data like news , updates , etc...

class baseController extends CI_Controller {


    public function __construct(){
        parent::__construct();
    }

    function viwe($view = 'defualt' , $data = array()){

      $data['updates'] = $this->db->get('updates');
      $data['news']    = $this->db->get('news');
      $this->load->view($view , $data );
    }

}

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another controller :

include "baseController.php";
class another extends baseController {

    public function __construct(){
        parent::__construct();
    }

    function index()
    { 
        $data['thisData']  = $this->db->get('thisdata'); 
        $this->view('thisView' , $data  );
    }
}