I have this model:
public function get_products_by_slug($slug)
{
$this->db->select('*');
$this->db->from('products');
$this->db->where('slug', $slug);
$query = $this->db->get();
return $query->result();
}
And this controller:
public function products($category)
{
$data['products_by_category'] = $this->products_model->get_products_by_slug($category);
if (empty($data['products_by_category']))
{
show_404();
}
$data['main_content'] = 'pages/products_by_category';
$this->load->view('templates/template', $data);
}
And in the view for the title of the page as a banner in the page I want to use both those function to grab just the first category field in the database to use it as the title. I know that there is way in the model that I can grab just the first row. But what I want is not make another model just for that I want to use those functions above to use it for the title and the rest of the page to show the all products.
the view page:
<?php foreach($products_by_category as $row){
echo '<div class="container">';
echo '<h1>'.$row->category(1).'</h1>';
echo '<hr/>';
echo '</div>'; } ?>
now this way above it will make as much with the same name of the category as there is in the database. what I want is only one name for the title.