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authorPhil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk>2011-03-08 22:43:54 +0100
committerPhil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk>2011-03-08 22:43:54 +0100
commit60ed1a305bea9f879489a1b4c7ac223b6cf3e132 (patch)
tree7708e485032622937ec53f1853e4ef831aa8be57 /user_guide/libraries/output.html
parent9869f890f21c30d0016cd28d8ea1bdb89da3e96a (diff)
Added $this->output->set_content_type() and method chaining to other methods.
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@@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ It is possible, however, for you to manually intervene with the output if you ne
For example, if you build a page in one of your controller functions, don't set the output until the end.</p>
+<h2>$this->output->set_content_type();</h2>
+
+<p>Permits you to set the mime-type of your page so you can serve JSON data, JPEG's, XML, etc easily.</p>
+
+<code>$this->output<br/>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_content_type('application/json')<br/>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_output(json_encode(array('foo' => 'bar')));<br/>
+<br/>
+$this->output<br/>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_content_type('jpeg') // You could also use ".jpeg" which will have the full stop removed before looking in config/mimes.php<br/>
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;->set_output(file_get_contents('files/something.jpg'));</code>
+
+<p><strong>Important:</strong> Make sure any non-mime string you pass to this method exists in config/mimes.php or it will have no effect.</p>
+
+
<h2>$this->output->get_output();</h2>
<p>Permits you to manually retrieve any output that has been sent for storage in the output class. Usage example:</p>