site_setup_helper.php/makeSideNav

function makeSideNav($main,$sub,$pageIn,$access){
    echo  $pageIn;
    echo "<br>";
    echo "<br>";

    $side = "";
    $CI =& get_instance();
    $CI->load->helper('page_helper');
    $page = getPage($pageIn);
    if($page['type'] == "top"){
        $in = $pageIn;
        $inParent = $pageIn;
    }
    else{
        if($page['type']=="sub"){
            $inParent = getLinkParent($page['parent']);
            $in = $page['parent'];
        }
        else{
            $inParent= $page['parent'];
            $in = $page['parent'];
        }
    }
    $act = $page['id'];
    $active = "";

    foreach($main as $mKey=>$mVal){

        var_dump($mVal);
        echo "<br>";
        echo "<br>";

        foreach ($sub as $key => $value) {
            /*======================================================
             * maraming laman ung $sub pero ung tama lang dun ung type => "sub"
             * ung iba is for validation
             * tapos to know kung san gagamitin ung sub na un check mo ung parent nya
             * ung current value nung parent is si $pageIn or si $act dun sa taas
             * =================================================
             */
            if ($value["type"] == "sub" && $value["parent"] == $mVal["id"]) {
                var_dump($value);
                echo "<br>";
            }
        }
        echo "<hr>";


        // if($mVal['parent'] == $inParent){

        //  if($mVal['path'] != ""){
        //      if(in_array($mVal['id'],$access) || count($access) == 0){
        //          $side .= "<li class=".$active."><a href='".base_url()."".$mVal['path']."' class='nav-header pagesLinks' ref='".$mVal['id']."'>".$mVal['icon']."".ucwords($mVal['title'])."</a></li>";
        //      }
        //  }
        //  else{
        //      if(in_array($mVal['id'],$access) || count($access) == 0){
        //          $side .= "
        //              <li class='treeview ".$active."'><a href='#'>".$mVal['icon']." ".ucwords($mVal['title'])."<i class='fa pull-right fa-angle-left'></i>  </a>
        //              <ul class='treeview-menu'>";

        //              $sParent = $mVal['id'];
        //              foreach($sub as $sKey=>$sVal){
        //                  if($sParent == $sVal['parent']){

        //                      if(in_array($sVal['id'],$access) || count($access) == 0){
        //                          $side .="<li class='noline' ><a href='".base_url()."".$sVal['path']."' class='pagesLinks'  ref='".$sVal['id']."' ><i class='fa fa-circle-o'></i>".ucwords($sVal['title'])." </a></li>";
        //                      }
        //                  }
        //              }
        //          $side .="</ul></li>";
        //      }
        //  }
        // }
    }
     die();
    return $side;
}