url library/anchor function for content on database content

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url library/anchor function for content on database content - El Forum - 09-26-2011

[eluser]dwlamb[/eluser]
I have need for an anchor tag embedded within content drawn from the database for the application I am working on. Yet, for some reason CI is not executing the anchor function.

These are relevant sections within my controller for this app

Code:
class Main extends CI_Controller {

 function __construct() {

  parent::__construct();

  $this->load->helper('url');

....

}

 public function index() {

.....

  $query = "SELECT id, recipe, instruc FROM main WHERE id='".$id."'";

  $recipe=$this->db->query($query)->result_array();

  if ($recipe) {

   $recipe=$recipe[0];

   $data['recipe_title'] = $recipe['recipe'];

   $data['recipe_instruc'] = $recipe['instruc'];

   $data['navigation'] = $this->main_model->buildMenu();

  }

.....

In my View, url helper is also loaded and the value from the $data array echoed with appropriate syntax:

Code:
&lt;?php echo $recipe_instruc?&gt;

The section of text returned from the database is as follows:

Code:
Serve over ice cream or &lt;?php echo anchor('main/index/7', 'profiteroles');?&gt;

The above quoted text is a snippet of the overall block of text returned from the database. All the rest of the text echos properly to the view. The section of text that should echo as a coded anchor tag does not.

I can understand the anchor function not being executed at the Controller level but it should execute at the View level, no?