PHP includes aren't working in CI

[eluser]KeyStroke[/eluser]
Thanks Derek. This is just how I was hoping I could include components into my views.

However, it appreas that the code of the views I include can't see the variables of the the view they're being added to.

For example:

Code:

<?php
$date = '25/05/08';
// the 'something' page needs to use the $date variable, but gets an "Undefined Variable" notice
$this->load->view('includes/something');

How do I avoid that?