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Question

My viewis like below.
<div class="carousel-inner">
<?php
foreach($news_data as $nws){
?>
<div class="item **If this is the first row, then echo active**">
<div class="col-md-12 news-item" style="padding-left: 0;">
<p><?php echo $nws->news_desc; ?></p>
</div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
Model:
function get_news_update()
{
$this->db->select('news_desc');
$this->db->from('news');
$this->db->where('stat', '1');
$this->db->order_by('id', 'desc');
$query = $this->db->get();
return $query->result();
}
Please see the <div class="item. If it is the first row of query result, then it will be item active.
How to do that ?

Answer 1

Modify your view like this:
<div class="carousel-inner">
<?php
foreach($news_data as $key => $nws){
?>
<div class="item <?php echo $key == 0 ? "active":""; ?>">
<div class="col-md-12 news-item" style="padding-left: 0;">
<p><?php echo $nws->news_desc; ?></p>
</div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>

Answer 2

Here is your updated code
<div class="carousel-inner">
<?php
$i = 0;
foreach($news_data as $nws){
// it should be $i. not $i%2 right ?
if($i == 0)
{
$class="item active";
}
else
{
$class = "item";
}
?>
<div class="<?php echo $class; ?>">
<div class="col-md-12 news-item" style="padding-left: 0;">
<p><?php echo $nws->news_desc; ?></p>
</div>
</div>
<?php $i++; } ?>
</div>

Answer 3

As per my knowledge,You are looking for below code.Please let me know if its not working.
function get_news_update()
{
$this->db->select('news_desc');
$this->db->from('news');
$this->db->where('stat', '1');
$this->db->order_by('id', 'desc');
$query = $this->db->get();
return $query->first_row();
}

Answer 4

You can use row() function, which return always the first result.
Model.php
function get_news_update(){
$this->db->select('news_desc');
$this->db->from('news');
$this->db->where('stat', '1');
$this->db->order_by('id', 'desc');
$query = $this->db->get();
//check if exist
if (isset($query->row())){
return $query->row();
}
}
For more informations you will find here
View.php
<div class="carousel-inner">
<div class="item **If this is the first row, then echo active**">
<div class="col-md-12 news-item" style="padding-left: 0;">
<p><?php echo $nws->news_desc; ?></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>