protected function view(string $view, array $data = [], bool $return_as_str = false): string|null {
<br> if ($this-&gt;parent_module !== '' &amp;&amp; $this-&gt;child_module !== '') {
<br> // Load view from child module
<br> $output = $this-&gt;load_view_file($view, $data, $return_as_str);
<br> if ($return_as_str) {
<br> return $output;
<br> }
<br> } else {
<br> // Normal view loading process
<br> $module_name = $data['view_module'] ?? $this-&gt;module_name;
<br> extract($data);
<br> $view_path = APPPATH . 'modules/' . $module_name . '/views/' . $view . '.php';
<br> if (!file_exists($view_path)) {
<br> $view = str_replace('/', '/views/', $view);
<br> $view_path = APPPATH . 'modules/' . $view . '.php';
<br> }
<br> $output = $this-&gt;load_view_file($view_path, $data, $return_as_str);
<br> if ($return_as_str) {
<br> return $output;
<br> }
<br> }
<br> return null;
<br> }
<br>
<br> protected function load_view_file(string $view_path, array $data, bool $return_as_str): string|null|false {
<br> if (!file_exists($view_path)) {
<br> throw new Exception('View ' . $view_path . ' does not exist');
<br> }
<br> if ($return_as_str) {
<br> ob_start();
<br> require $view_path;
<br> return ob_get_clean() ?: null;
<br> } else {
<br> require $view_path;
<br> return false;
<br> }
<br> }