function admin_side_menu($menu_array, $children = FALSE)
{
$CI =& get_instance();
$CI->load->library('ion_auth');
$current_lang = $CI->lang->lang();
$user_id = $CI->ion_auth->get_user_id();
$admin_group = $CI->ion_auth->get_users_groups($user_id)->result();
echo $children ? '<ul class="treeview-menu">' : '';
foreach ($menu_array as $item) {
$item['access'] = array_key_exists('access', $item) ? $item['access'] : $admin_group;
if ($CI->ion_auth->in_group($item['access'])) {
echo $children ? '' : '<li class="treeview">';
if ($children) {
echo '<li><a href="' . site_url($current_lang . '/admin' . index_page() . '/' . $item['url']) . '" class="page_link"><i class="fa fa-circle-o"></i> ' . $item['title'] . '</a></li>';
} else {
echo '<a href="' . site_url($current_lang . '/admin' . index_page() . '/' . $item['url']) . '" class="' . ($item['url'] ? 'page_link' : '') . '"><i class="' . $item['icon'] . '"></i> <span>' . $item['title'] . '</span> <i class="fa fa-angle-left pull-right"></i></a>';
}
if (array_key_exists('children', $item)) {
admin_side_menu($item['children'], TRUE);
}
echo $children ? '' : '</li>';
}
}
echo $children ? '</ul>' : '';
}
<aside class="main-sidebar">
<!-- sidebar: style can be found in sidebar.less -->
<section class="sidebar">
<!-- Sidebar user panel -->
<div class="user-panel">
<div class="pull-left image">
<img src="<?php
echo base_url();
?>
assets/backend/dist/img/user2-160x160.jpg" class="img-circle" alt="User Image">
</div>
<div class="pull-left info">
<p><?php
echo $this->ion_auth->user()->row()->first_name . " " . $this->ion_auth->user()->row()->last_name;
?>
</p>
<a href="#"><i class="fa fa-circle text-success"></i> Online</a>
</div>
</div>
<!-- sidebar menu: : style can be found in sidebar.less -->
<ul class="sidebar-menu">
<li class="header">MAIN NAVIGATION</li>
<?php
echo admin_side_menu(menu_gen_array());
?>
</ul>
</section>
<!-- /.sidebar -->
</aside>
