Best way to load header and footer once globally?

Create a MY_Controller in the application/core folder.

Inside that controller, create this function:

PHP Code:

protected function render_page($view,$data)
{
   $this->load->view('templates/header', $data);
   $this->load->view($view, $data);
   $this->load->view('templates/footer', $data);
} 


Let all your controllers extend the MY_Controller.
Then, to load a page with header and footer:

PHP Code:

$this->render_page('pages/page_name',$data); 


Well it worked! I also loaded a model in there and it works fine! 

Thanks for the suggestion!

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