Category DB call convert to CI - Model/Controller help

[eluser]Devon Lambert[/eluser]
Ok one more thing gTech, or anyone else who has any idea how this conversion works.

I'm trying to pass the $categories variable to my view file as an array but for some reason PHP is throwing back an undefined variable error.

Here is the code so far:

// In the controller //

Code:

$categories = $this->mdl_home->get_categories();
$this->load->view('view_file', $categories);

// In the view //

Code:

<ul>
&lt;?php foreach($name as $cat_name):?&gt;
<li>&lt;?php echo $cat_name;?&gt;</li>
&lt;?php endforeach;?&gt;
</ul>