access model from view in codeigniter?

Question

can anyone tell me how do i access model from view in codeigniter?

Answer 1

CodeIgniter's $this->load->model() returns absolutely nothing. Look at it: system/libraries/Loader.php.

This will output absolutely nothing:

$model = $this->load->model('table');

print_r($model);

And this next example will give you the fatal error Call to a member function some_func() on a non-object:

$model = $this->load->model('table');

$model->some_func();

It doesn't matter whether that function even exists, $model is not an object.

The thing to do is have a method in your model that returns data, then call that function and pass the results to your view file:

$this->load->model('table');
$data = $this->table->some_func();
$this->load->view('view', $data);

PS: How is the only answer you've accepted the absolute wrong thing to do?

Answer 2

Load a model on the controller

$this->load->model('yourmodel');

Assign this model to a var like this

$data['model_obj'] = $this->yourmodel; 

and assign this data array to your view template

Use $model_obj object on the view template for calling model methods

$model_obj->some_method()

Hope this helps ...

Answer 3

See the thread:

View Calling a Model

By the way why do you need to access the model from the view, you can send the model data to the view from the controller too which is the usual and better approach.

As a good note, keep your processing logic out of the view, you should use controller instead.