display common data accross all pages

[eluser]jmadsen[/eluser]
"this function produces the same result as using the second parameter of the $this->load->view() function...if you would like to set some global variables in the constructor of your controller and have them become available in any view file loaded from any function. "

from the core Loader class comments itself,

"Once variables are set they become available within the controller class and its "view" files."


I'm also curious to dig deeper into the code behind it - I confirmed that only the loading controller seems to know about it, not any sub-controllers. that would really limit its usefulness, as far as I can tell.