Global Variables for template system

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The problem:

I want to have a set of global variables so designers can easily put the variable in the template.
I want to be able to have Welcome user John Doe on every template page.
I use $this->load->view('template', $data) to load the template.


I have a model that is auto loaded the searches the session cookie to get the username.

thanks,
Carlos M

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I just made it a property of the main controller with

Code:

$CI =& get_instance();
$CI->foo = 12;

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Code:

$data['user_name'] = "John Doe";
$this->load->vars($data);

//somewhere in the view
Hello <?php echo $user_name; ?>