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copied!<p>I think that the solution is easier than you think.</p> <p>If now you're doing something like this in your helper:</p> <pre><code>create_menu() { $menu_items = $this->db->query('')->result(); // creating the menu here } </code></pre> <p>You could just change the function to accept input like this and still follow the MVC pattern.</p> <p><strong>Helper</strong></p> <pre><code>create_menu($input) { $menu_items = $input; // creating the menu here } </code></pre> <p><strong>Model:</strong></p> <pre><code>get_menu_data() { $menu_items = $this->db->query('')->result(); } </code></pre> <p>Does this make sense?</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong></p> <p>This is the way I did it on one of the projects:</p> <p>I extended my standard controller. Within the constructor of that controller I called the model and grabbed the data:</p> <pre><code>$this->menu_items = $this->some_model->get_menu_items(); </code></pre> <p>Within a view <code>nav.php</code>:</p> <pre><code>if(!empty($this->subnav_item)) { // Generate menu } </code></pre> <p>This way the MVC is intact, but I dont have to worry about passing variables.</p> <p><strong>EDIT 2</strong></p> <p><strong>How to extend the standard controller:</strong></p> <p>Create a file <code>MY_Controller.php</code> in <code>application/core</code></p> <p> <pre><code>class MY_Controller extends CI_Controller { public $menu_items = ''; function __construct() { parent::__construct(); $this->load->model('some_model_that_you_always_use'); $this->load->library('some_library_that_you_always_use'); $this->menu_items = $this->some_model->get_menu_items(); } } </code></pre> <p>When you create a new controller, you extend <code>MY_Controller</code> instead of <code>CI_Controller</code> like this:</p> <pre><code> class Something extends MY_Controller { } </code></pre>

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