Setting up a dynamic menu in CI

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[quote author="benedmunds" date="1248627603"]That is what I want to do but how do I have the menu dynamically pulled from the database with a model, view, and controller?
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There many ways to do it, but you could create a menu model:

Code:

class Menus extends Model{

    function Menus(){
        parent::Model();
    }

    function getMainMenu(){

        // Code to get menu data where menuType = main

    }


    function getBottomMenu(){

        // Code to get menu data where menuType = bottom

    }


    function getSubMenu(){

        // Code to get menu data where menuType = sub

    }

}

Then in your controller, you place the menu data you want in variables with something like:

Code:

$data['mainMenuArray'] = $this->Menu->getMainMenu();
$data['btmMenuArray'] = $this->Menu->getBottomMenu();

And pass them into your view like I mentioned previously.

Then in the view you can:

Code:

<ul id="mainMenuDiv">


    &lt;?php
        foreach($mainMenuArray as $item){
            echo"<li><a href='#'>$item->link_text</a></li>";
        }
    ?&gt;


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