Template Library and Passing $data

[eluser]Freewolf[/eluser]
Greetings All,

I am fairly new to CI and the Template Library.
http://williamsconcepts.com/ci/codeignit...index.html

And I am having trouble figuring something out.

I have a controller with a number of functions.
And I am trying to avoid repeat writing of code.

the section in the Locations main controller that has
$data['tabs'] = which_tabs($locations);
has information that will be needed on each page.

However when I pass $data in the methods, the variables $tabs is not a valid variable.

So basically what I need to know is if there is a why I can plug some information that is repetitive into the $data variable and pass to the methods.
The which_tabs() functions makes a call to the DB.
And I would prefer not to use that in each method.
I am thinking that I should be able to make the call into main controller, load the info into the data variable, and then make that variable available to the methods. How can I go about doing this?


class Locations extends Controller {

function Locations()
{
parent::Controller();
$this->load->helper('locations');

$location = location();
$data['tabs'] = which_tabs($location);

$this->template->write_view('header','template/header');

$this->template->write_view('footer','template/footer');
}
function logan()
{
$this->template->write_view('content','locations/location',$data);

$this->template->render();
}

function ogden()
{
$this->template->write_view('content','locations/location',$data);

$this->template->render();
}

[eluser]Cesar Kohl[/eluser]
Forget that.
Instead try this: http://maestric.com/doc/php/codeigniter_template

[eluser]Eric Barnes[/eluser]
How about this:

Code:

class Locations extends Controller {

    protected $_data = array();
    function Locations()
    {
        parent::Controller();
        $this->load->helper(‘locations’);

        $location = location();
        $this->_data[‘tabs’] = which_tabs($location);

        $this->template->write_view(‘header’,‘template/header’);

        $this->template->write_view(‘footer’,‘template/footer’);
    }
    function logan()
    {
        $this->template->write_view(‘content’,‘locations/location’,$this->_data);

        $this->template->render();
    }
    function ogden()
    {
        $this->template->write_view(‘content’,‘locations/location’,$this->_data);
        $this->template->render();
    }
}