code duplication advice

[eluser]winter[/eluser]
Hi everyone,

I hope you're having a great day.

I have probably a simple question for you all. I'm not PHP or CI veteran. So I thought I'd ask what you have done in this case.

There are many times when I'd like to use the same data and not have to do so. For example, I have a footer that shows the app version and release date. That data is pulled from the db. Now I could call the model function and set the array that is sent each time I load the footer view. However, it would be nicer to just maybe have it set once per controller. Or even just every time I load the footer.

OK now take a moment to laugh. Then if your feeling like you could spare a few moments, I would appreciate any suggestions to the above and similar things that I would/will/do encounter making apps with CI/PHP.

Thanks all! Take it easy!