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How do I automatically load a header and footer view?

I am new to using CodeIgniter but I do have enough understanding on mvc structure and CodeIgniter itself to do simple things like load views in the controller and auto load libraries e.c.t. But the issue I'm having is I have a header and footer view that I want to be loaded automatically every time I load a view file.

I have done some searching and a lot of suggestions are dated, or sometimes I simply don't understand the solution. I have made my header view and linked my CSS in it, and also created my footer view as well. So lets say I wanted to load the default welcome page like below:

public function index() {
      $this->load->view('welcome_message');
}

I can load them manually like so:

public function index() {
      $this->load->view('common/header');
      $this->load->view('welcome_message');
      $this->load->view('common/footer');
}

But what I would like is to just load the view like normal and have my header and footer loaded with it automatically. I understand this needs to be accomplished using a custom library with a template function of some sort, but I don't know enough to just do that from scratch.

Solution

  • I did this and it works for me.

    MY_Loader.php

    class MY_Loader extends CI_Loader{
    public function template($content,$var=array()){
        $this->view('common/header');
        $this->view($content,$var);
        $this->view('common/footer');
    }
}

    Put it in core folder.

    In your controller : 

     public function index(){
   $content = "welcome_message";
   $data = array();
   $data['name'] = "Max";
   $data['country'] = "USA";
   $this->load->template($content,$data);
 }

    Call the data in view : 

    <html>
  <?php echo $name.' - '.$country; ?>
</html>