Can I add $data in constructor?

[eluser]shinokada[/eluser]
I have the following $data in all the functions.

I tried to add the following in constructor, in order to avoid repeating. But it does not work.

Can I add $data in the constructor?

I am repeating this.

Code:

$mostsold = $this->MProducts ->getMostSoldProducts();
    $data['mostsold']= $mostsold;
    
    $newproduct = $this->MProducts ->getNewProducts();
    $data['newproduct']= $newproduct;

I tried this, but it does not work.

Code:

function  __construct(){
    parent::Controller();
    session_start();
    // $this->output->cache(5);
    $this->output->enable_profiler(TRUE);
    $mostsold = $this->MProducts ->getMostSoldProducts();
    $data['mostsold']= $mostsold;
    
    $newproduct = $this->MProducts ->getNewProducts();
    $data['newproduct']= $newproduct;
    
  }