Codeigniter SQL Returning Repeating Identical Object Array

Question

For some reason in Codeigniter, my SQL query is returning repeated replicates of the Object Array based on the number of rows. The weird thing is that my if I put my SQL query directly into phpMyAdmin, it is returning the correct results - and I should add that the code is nearly identical to another call function I have which works normally.

Am I just blind after staring at my code for so long?!

UPDATE: Just a side note, I haven't included my code for manipulation of the $query because my SQL result is already wrong.

Result

CI_DB_mysqli_result Object

(
    [conn_id] => mysqli Object
    (
        // Information
            (
            )

        //Information
    )

[result_id] => mysqli_result Object
    (
        [current_field] => 0
        [field_count] => 4
        [lengths] => 
        [num_rows] => 2
        [type] => 0
    )

[result_array] => Array
    (
    )

[result_object] => Array
    (
        [0] => stdClass Object
            (
                [id] => 1594
                [user_id] => 102
            )

        [1] => stdClass Object
            (
                [id] => 1279
                [user_id] => 102
            )
    )

[custom_result_object] => Array
    (
    )

[current_row] => 0
[num_rows] => 
[row_data] => 
)
1

CI_DB_mysqli_result Object
(
    [conn_id] => mysqli Object
    (
        // Information
            (
            )

        //Information
    )

[result_id] => mysqli_result Object
    (
        [current_field] => 0
        [field_count] => 4
        [lengths] => 
        [num_rows] => 2
        [type] => 0
    )


[result_array] => Array
    (
    )

[result_object] => Array
    (
        [0] => stdClass Object
            (
                [id] => 1594
                [user_id] => 102
            )

        [1] => stdClass Object
            (
                [id] => 1279
                [user_id] => 102
            )


    )

[custom_result_object] => Array
    (
    )

[current_row] => 0
[num_rows] => 
[row_data] => 
)
1

Code

function data($update_id) {
        $query = $this->db->query('
        SELECT * 
        FROM `list` 
        JOIN `tasks` ON list.id = tasks.list_id
        WHERE (tasks.date < \' 2016-03-19 \' AND tasks.list_id = '$update_id') 
        ORDER BY `tasks`.`date` DESC
        ');
        return $query;
    }

And I get the result above. There isn't even a loop in my code, so I don't understand where the loop would come from...

I appreciate your assistance.

Answer 1

use return $query->result(); instead of return $query