[solved] How do I pass on username from login view to member view?

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[solved] How do I pass on username from login view to member view? - El Forum - 11-20-2011

[eluser]tuckee[/eluser]
Hi guys, Im new to CI. I would like to pass the username from login view form to member view form so that when they login, they are able to see a welcome message with their username along.

May I know how can I achieve this?

my login view

Code:
<div id="login_form">

 &lt;?php

 echo form_open('aLogin/validate_credentials');

 echo form_input('admin_username','Username');

 echo form_password('admin_password', 'Password');

 echo form_submit('admin_submit','Login');

 echo form_close();

 ?&gt;

</div>

my login controller

Code:
function validate_credentials() 

 {

  $this->load->model('admin_model');

  $query = $this->admin_model->validate();

  if($query) // if the user's credentials validate

  {

   redirect('admin');

  }

  else 

  {

   $this->index();

  }

 }

My login model

Code:
function validate()

 {

  $this->db->where('admin_username', $this->input->post('admin_username'));

  $this->db->where('admin_password', sha1($this->input->post('admin_password')));

  $query = $this->db->get('admin');

  if($query->num_rows == 1)

  {

   return true;

  }

 }