Representations and CodeIgniter

Some time ago, I decided to slowly move onto some kind of framework. At first my glance fell on symfony, but then I switched to CodeIgniter.


The MVC model was new to me. Climbing on an Internet managed to find examples where the model sidelined, which is sad. Then a question arose with the design of the template.

It’s more usual for me to make a template like:
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<?php
include("_header.php");
..........
include("_footer.php");
?>

In CodeIgniter, as I understand it, it is difficult to implement one template for everything and transfer data there. But having rummaged in a network, it was succeeded to find the solution which was offered by Alexander Makarov.

Or use this method:
$data['header']=$this->load->view('header','',true);
$data['menu']=$this->load->view('menu','',true);
$this->load->view('content', $data);

Which one to choose? How much is the method proposed by Aleksandr Makarov acceptable? How is it organized with you?