Codeigniter passing objects within views

Question

I am loading a view from a Controller file and that View loads another view which a final one as below,

First view Call : 

    Controller: device.php

        public function device_name(){
           $data = new stdClass;
           $data->device_name = "Apple";
           $this->load->view('apple_device',$data);
        }

Second view call :

    View: In apple_device.php

       $device_name->count = 123;
       $this->load->view('device_counts',$device_name);

I am using object here instead of an array as a passing variable between views. But if i use array, it works fine.

And the above code throwing error as like below,

Message: Attempt to assign property of non-object

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Yes, you may still pass through objects, but not at the 'first level', you'll need to wrap the object you want to pass through inside an array.

public function device_name(){
    $mobiles = new stdClass;
    $mobiles->device_name = "Apple";
    $data = array( "mobiles" => $mobiles );
    $this->load->view('apple_device',$data);
}

This is because when CodeIgniter will initialize the view, it will check the contents of the second view() parameter. If it's an object - it'll cast it to an array via get_object_vars() (See github link)

protected function _ci_object_to_array($object)
{
    return is_object($object) ? get_object_vars($object) : $object;
}

Which will in turn, turn your initial $data into:

$data = new stdClass;
$data->device_name = "Apple";
$example = get_object_vars( $data );
print_r( $example );

Array ( [device_name] => Apple )

Thus to avoid this, nest your object inside an array() which will avoid being converted.