codeigniter - retrieve controller variables in view (using $this)

Question

in my controller i have an public variable i want to use in my view.

public $header = array("show_menu"=>true);

Traditional i would pass variables as an array to the load->view("incl_header",$header) function, however i have noticed that in my view i can retrieve variables of my controller like so:

echo  $this->header['show_menu'];

Are there any problems retrieving variables like this in my view file?

I am using codeigniter 2.1.3

Answer 1

It's possible to do it like that.

If you use var_dump($this) you can see all the variables that are availible in your view.

It's not the normal codeigniter way of retrieving variables in your view.

How ever this might change in futeure releases of codeigniter so you must keep that in mind when using this method.