public function searchjobs2()
{
    //$id=$_SESSION['id'];
    $lan = $_POST["picke"]; //var_dump($id);die();
    $value['list']=$this->Free_model->get_jobs($lan);//var_dump($value);die();
    $this->load->view('free/header');
    $this->load->view('free/searchjobs2',$value);
}

public function get_jobs($lan)
{
    $this->db->select('*');
    $this->db->from("tbl_work_stats");
    $this->db->join("tbl_work", "tbl_work.login_id = tbl_work_stats.login_id",'inner');
    $this->db->where("language LIKE '%$lan%'");
    // $this->db->where('tbl_work_stats.login_id',$id);
    $this->db->order_by('insertdate','asc');

    $query=$this->db->get()->result_array();//var_dump($query);die();
    return $query;
}

foreach ($list as $row){
    ...
}

public function get_jobs($lan)
{
  $this->db->select('*');
  $this->db->from("tbl_work_stats");
  $this->db->join("tbl_work", "tbl_work.login_id = tbl_work_stats.login_id",'inner');

  $this->db->like('language', $lan);
  /* if not works prepend the table name before language field*/

  //$this->db->where("language LIKE '%$lan%'");

  $this->db->order_by('insertdate','ASC');

  $result = $this->db->get()->result_array();

  return $result;
}

$this->db->distinct();

public function get_jobs(string $lan):array
{
  return $this->db->select()
     ->from('tbl_work_stats')
     ->join('tbl_work','tbl_work.id = tbl_work_stats.work_id')
     ->like('language',$lan)
     ->order_by('insertdate')
     ->get()
     ->result_array();
 }