Can't get a view to load

[eluser]OldRodKS[/eluser]
I am really new to CI, so I'm sure I am missing something really basic here... but I cannot get a view to load when I call a function directly from a URL.

I am working on a user registration system. The system sends an email to the user with an activation URL that looks like this:

Code:

http://localhost/ci_bannor/register/email_verification/6b84c572efd

Inside my register.php controller, I have a function called "email_verification" that is shown below:

Code:

public function email_verification() {
  $verifcode = $this->uri->segment(3);
  
  if ($verifcode == '') {  // no verification code - show error page
   $this->load->view("vVerifyError", $data);
  }

I put echo statements in here at various places to track down what's going on. $verifcode is getting the proper part of the URL like it should. When I have a code there, I can echo it out. When it's not there, it goes into the if block like it should, but it simply won't load the view. I don't get an error, it just doesn't load.

What am I doing wrong?