[eluser]alectrash[/eluser]
Today I wrote some code like the following:
Code:
$data['aHeader'] = array('meta_title' => 'Admin Dashboard', 'meta_keywords' => 'Keywords', 'meta_description' => 'Description', 'h1' => 'Admin Dashboard');
$data['thispage'] = 'admin';
$data['userdata'] = $this->session->userdata('admin');
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_header_view.php', $data);
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_nav_view.php', $data);
$this->load->view('admin/admin_dashboard_view.php', $data);
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_footer_view.php');
But as I don't need access to $data array in footer view file. As I build new pages in my project would it be best to do this with different data arrays for the different sections:
Code:
$header_data['aHeader'] = array('meta_title' => 'Admin Dashboard', 'meta_keywords' => 'Keywords', 'meta_description' => 'Description', 'h1' => 'Admin Dashboard');
$nav_data['thispage'] = 'admin';
$header_data['userdata'] = $this->session->userdata('admin');
$main_data['h1'] = "Welcome to page x';
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_header_view.php', $header_data);
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_nav_view.php', $nav_data);
$this->load->view('admin/admin_dashboard_view.php', $main_data);
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_footer_view.php');
...or I think there is a 3rd option just using the $this->load_vars method
Code:
$data['aHeader'] = array('meta_title' => 'Admin Dashboard', 'meta_keywords' => 'Keywords', 'meta_description' => 'Description', 'h1' => 'Admin Dashboard');
$data['thispage'] = 'admin';
$data['userdata'] = $this->session->userdata('admin');
$data['h1'] = "Welcome to page X';
$this->load->vars($data);
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_header_view.php');
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_nav_view.php');
$this->load->view('admin/admin_dashboard_view.php');
$this->load->view('admin/_admin_footer_view.php');
All the above methods work for me but I was just wondering what people in the community could recommend from experience?