codeigniter loop result inside loop

Here is how the db is set up.
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You're grouping on the Chapter, so you'll only get one record per chapter.

You'll need to run several loops on the database to get the records you need. First, select the Chapter records (grouped by Chapter), and then for each Chapter in the result set, query the database for the Verses. Add a new method to your model to get the verses based on Chapter:

public function get_verses($chapter)
{
    $this->db->select('*');
    $this->db->from('isaiah');
    $this->db->where('chapter', $chapter);
    $query = $this->db->get();

    if($query->num_rows() == 0) return false;
    return $query->result_array();
}

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Then something along these lines:

$chapters = $this->book_model->get_chapters();
foreach ($chapters as $chapter) {
    $this->book_model->get_verses($chapter['chapter']);
}

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Okay thanks for your help.  I'll try this tomorrow. How does the get_verses function get the value for $chapter? This something that I don't quite get.

The function is defined with an argument called $chapter:

public function get_verses($chapter)

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The function is then called with the chapter being passed in as an argument, which you get from inside your controller loop.

foreach ($chapters as $chapter) {
    $chapter->verses = $this->book_model->get_verses($chapter['chapter']);
}

 Also, one bit I'd missed was assigning the verses to the chapter so you can loop through them in the views.

Let me know if you get stuck - I've not given a copy / paste answer and you'll need to update your model, controller and view.

I almost got it. I am echoing the results in the controller, but I can't figure out how to move them over to the view.
This is my controller now.

    function homepage() 
	{
		$chapters = $this->book_model->get_chapters();
		foreach ($chapters as $chapter) {
			$verses= $this->book_model->get_verses($chapter['chapter']);
			echo $chapter['chapter']."<br>";
			foreach ($verses as $verse) {
			echo $verse['verseName']."<br>";
			echo $verse['text']."<br>";	
			echo "<br>";				
			}
		}			
		$this->load->view('book/homepage', $data);
    }

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Great! Thanks for your help. Is there a difference between using Objects or Arrays other than what one might be used to?

For simple data collections, you can use arrays and objects in a similar way:

$data = new array();
$data['firstname'] = "chris";
echo $data['firstname'];

$data = new stdClass();
$data->firstname = "chris";
echo $data->firstname;

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Codeigniter is heavily Object Oriented, so you may find yourself using objects more than you realise, and you'll soon see the benefit of using them.

For example, calling $query->result() in your model will return an array of Objects. These objects can be instantiated against a class, so as well as the column names being available, you can also add methods to your class and call them directly:

// Query the database and instantiate a User for each record
foreach ($query->result('User') as $row)
{
   // output a column name
   echo $row->firstname;
   // call a method
   echo $row->getFullName();
}

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Thanks for the explanation. It's a bit clearer now.