can i pass data from view to controller?

[eluser]brian88[/eluser]

Code:

function getPosts() {

  $q = $this->db->query("
   select p.id, body, p.date, p.userId, name, admin, picture
   from posts as p
   left join users as u on (p.userId = u.id)
   order by id desc
  ");
  if($q->num_rows() > 0){
   foreach($q->result() as $row){
    $data[] = $row;
   }
   return $data;
  }
} // end function