Passing variable to view results in empty variable

Try this..

PHP Code:

public function family()
    {
        $userModel = new UserModel();
        $familyId = $this->session->get("familyId");
        $familydata = $userModel->where('familyId', $familyId)->findAll();
 $data = ['familydata' => $familydata];
        return view('family', $data);
//        print_r ($data);
    } 


and for the view..

PHP Code:

if (empty($familydata))
{
    echo 'Empty';
} else {

    print_r($familydata);
} 


THANK YOU! I understand what I did wrong now. Big props to you!