An easy way to execute a method from the view ..

[eluser]wiredesignz[/eluser]
I'm not going to try to teach you MVC here, but there are far better ways to achieve templating.

Call the model from the view

Code:

//view
<ul>
&lt;?php
    if ($items = $this->menu_model->get_data(array('site','nav'))):
        foreach ($items as $k => $item):
            $active = ($item->uri == $page) ? array('class' => 'current') : NULL;
            echo '<li>', anchor($item->uri, $item->title, $active), '</li>';
        endforeach;
    endif;
?&gt;
</ul>

Pass the data into the view

Code:

//controller
$data['items'] = $this->menu_model->get_data(array('site','nav'));

//view
<ul>
&lt;?php
    if ($items):
        foreach ($items as $k => $item):
            $active = ($item->uri == $page) ? array('class' => 'current') : NULL;
            echo '<li>', anchor($item->uri, $item->title, $active), '</li>';
        endforeach;
    endif;
?&gt;
</ul>

Pass a reference to the model into the view

Code:

//controller
$data['menu'] =& $this->menu_model;

//view
<ul>
&lt;?php
    if ($items = $menu->get_data(array('site','nav'))):
        foreach ($items as $k => $item):
            $active = ($item->uri == $page) ? array('class' => 'current') : NULL;
            echo '<li>', anchor($item->uri, $item->title, $active), '</li>';
        endforeach;
    endif;
?&gt;
</ul>