How do I load a view from outside the default views folder in this application?

This is not tested.

Add this to index.php

PHP Code:

$theme_path = 'themes';

if (($_temp = realpath($theme_path)) !== FALSE)
{
    $theme_path = $_temp.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
}
else
{
    // Ensure there's a trailing slash
    $theme_path = strtr(
        rtrim($theme_path, '/\\'),
            '/\\',
        DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
    ).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
}

// Path to the themes directory
define('THEMEPATH', $theme_path); 


The your code would be something like this.

PHP Code:

<?php

// application/core
class MY_Loader extends CI_Loader
{
    function ext_view($folder, $view, $vars = array(), $return = FALSE)
    {
        $this->_ci_view_paths = array_merge($this->_ci_view_paths, array(THEMEPATH . $folder . '/' => TRUE));
        return $this->_ci_load(array(
            '_ci_view' => $view,
            '_ci_vars' => $this->_ci_object_to_array($vars),
            '_ci_return' => $return
        ));
    }
}

$view_data = array('my_name' => 'dino');

// you may need to create a folder for the layout using this.
$this->load->ext_view('view_folder', 'my_new_view', $view_data); 


Give that a try.

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