Basic Syntax Question

[eluser]alanphil[/eluser]
I'm starting to use Models, and have a basic syntax question. In the past I would do this in the controller:

Code:

$data['query'] = $this->db->get('contacts');
$this->load->view('welcome_message', $data);

and was able to display the data in the view with no problem. Now I'm trying to move the DB logic into a model and running into problems. In the model I have the following function:

Code:

function get_test() {
  $query = $this->db->get('contacts');
  return $query->result();
}

In the controller I have:

Code:

function index(){
    $data['query'] = $this->Mdl_contacts->get_test();
        $this->load->view('welcome_message', $data);
}

and in the view I have:

Code:

<?php foreach ($query->result() as $row): ?>
<p>&lt;?=$row->first_name?&gt; &lt;?=$row->last_name?&gt;<br />
&lt;?=$row->phone?&gt;</p>
&lt;?php endforeach; ?&gt;

My view isn't displaying the data from the DB, and I'm going around in circles looking for a good simple example like this. Thanks for any light you can shine on this simple problem.

Alan