[eluser]chakhar86[/eluser]
here is another idea:
If you only need the $name variable just show up to the view (e.g. the banner or title of website), try create a View file (call it header.php or so) then call it from the controller:
Code:
$this->load->view('header');
$this->load->view('contents', $data);
$this->load->view('footer'); // there you can add footer, and guess what? maybe some navigation panel?
