I am trying to implement a widgets library using load->view. I know I can use include to call directly the file and avoid the vars cache issues but just wondering why it does not work.
Here is how I have structured my code:
My Controller:
class Page extends MY_Controller {
public $data = array();
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
...
$this->load->library('widgetmanager');
}
public function index($slug = '') {
echo $this->widgetmanager->show(2);
echo $this->widgetmanager->show(1);
}
}
My Library
class WidgetManager
{
private $CI;
public function __construct()
{
$this->CI = & get_instance();
}
public function show($widget_id) {
$data = array();
$widget_id = (int)$widget_id;
$this->CI->db->select('*');
$this->CI->db->from('widget');
$this->CI->db->where('id', $widget_id);
$query = $this->CI->db->get();
$item = $query->row_array();
$data['widget_title'] = $item['title'];
$data['widget_content'] = $item['content'];
$widget = $this->CI->load->view('widget/'.$item['source'], $data, TRUE);
$data['widget_title'] = '';
$data['widget_content'] = '';
$this->CI->load->view('widget/'.$item['source'], $data);
return $widget;
}
}
widget 1: Calls widget/content
widget 2: Calls widget/banner
What is happening is, the vars set on the first widget call (they are same name as second widget call), get cached, meaning values from the first call are passed to same call. It is weird because are different views.
I have tried:
- Using clear_vars(): $this->CI->load->clear_vars(), before and after doing load->view on the library.
- Calling load->view with empty array, null, etc
- Tried to add a prefix with the widget slug to the vars (that works, but I have to send in some way the prefix to the view, so it is not possible due cache issue)
Any ideas?