[HMVC??] Call Functions in another controller and get values - kohana-3

Question

I am facing a situation where I need to call a function to check some status.
$lastupdate=Request::factory('user/getlastupdate/'.$userid.'')->execute();
My getlastupdate function looks like this:
public function action_getlastupdate($userid){
$status=array();
try{
$updatestatus= ORM::factory('updates')
->where('id', '=', $userid)
->where('deleted', '=',0)
->find_all();
//check if result returned values
$resultcount=count($updatestatus);
//if result has data
if($resultcount>0){
foreach($updatestatus as $status)
{
$stat="found";
$result= 'Profile Last Updated on'.$updatestatus->lastupdate;
}
}//end if result has data
//if record returned no values
else{
$stat="missing";
$result= 'Profile Data Missing';
}//end if resultcount>0
}//end try
catch(ORM_Validation_Exception $e)
{
$stat="error";
$result="Profile Update Search Error ".$e->errors('updates');
}///end catch
$status['result']=$result;
$status['stat']=$stat;
$this->response->body(View::factory('pages/updatestatus', $status));
}//end function
This works but I do not want to render the view. I want to return the array status and use it from within my controller which is calling this method. How can I implement this? Does the code change if I call from the same controller vis a vis calling from a different controller?
I am using kostache templates so I need to play with the status[values] before rendering final output to my view.

Answer 1

You could send an extra parameter for your subquery which will indicate whether to auto render the view or not.
$lastupdate=Request::factory('user/getlastupdate/'.$userid.'/off')->execute();
and in your action getlastupdate check the parameter
action_getlastupdate($userid, $renderView = '')
{
if( $renderView === 'off' )
{
$this->auto_render = FALSE;
}
[...]
}