Meta tags not loading dynamically... Why? (CodeIgnitor)

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Hi guys,

 

I am trying to have unique meta tags for each page. So far, this code is only loading the DEFAULT meta tags, and I just can’t see why it isn’t working with my individual pages with their unique meta content.

 

I have my header.php with this code directly after the opening head tag:

 

<?php
if(!isset($meta)) {
$meta = array(
                 array('name'=>'description', 'content'=>'A short but sweet DEFAULT description of this fine site'),
                 array('name' =>'keywords', 'content'=>'some awesome DEFAULT keywords for those rascally web crawlers')
        );
}
?>
<?php
$this->load->helper('html');
?>

more php here.....
.....
.....
.....
<title>
...
</title>

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="img/fav.ico">
<meta charset="UTF-8" />

<!--This is where I am calling the meta function-->
<?php echo meta($meta);?> 

More php and html goes here...

 

And then this is what I am putting in all of my pages (except for my header.php, of course!), before I include the header:

 

<?php
$meta = array(
                array('name'=>'description', 'content'=>'Another short but sweet description'),
                array('name' =>'keywords', 'content'=>'Mmmmm. Yummy keywords for you to savor')
       );

$this->load->view('includes/header');
?>

html stuff goes here 

 

Any thoughts, or ideas on this matter, please?

 

Thanks so much!