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| author | Phil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk> | 2011-03-08 22:43:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Phil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk> | 2011-03-08 22:43:54 +0100 |
| commit | 60ed1a305bea9f879489a1b4c7ac223b6cf3e132 (patch) | |
| tree | 7708e485032622937ec53f1853e4ef831aa8be57 /user_guide | |
| parent | 9869f890f21c30d0016cd28d8ea1bdb89da3e96a (diff) | |
Added $this->output->set_content_type() and method chaining to other methods.
Diffstat (limited to 'user_guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide/changelog.html | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide/libraries/output.html | 15 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html index d759686e9..815590dc1 100644 --- a/user_guide/changelog.html +++ b/user_guide/changelog.html @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Hg Tag: n/a</p> <li class="reactor">Added <kbd>decimal</kbd>, <kbd>less_than</kbd> and <kbd>greater_than</kbd> rules to the <a href="libraries/form_validation.html">Form validation Class</a>.</li> <li class="reactor"><a href="libraries/input.html">Input Class</a> methods <kbd>post()</kbd> and <kbd>get()</kbd> will now return a full array if the first argument is not provided.</li> <li class="reactor">Secure cookies can now be made with the <kbd>set_cookie()</kbd> helper and <a href="libraries/input.html">Input Class</a> method.</li> + <li class="reactor">Added <kbd>set_content_type()</kbd> to <a href="libraries/output.html">Output Class</a> to set the output <kbd>Content-Type</kbd> HTTP header based on a MIME Type or a config/mimes.php array key.</li> + <li class="reactor"><a href="libraries/output.html">Output Class</a> will now support method chaining.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> diff --git a/user_guide/libraries/output.html b/user_guide/libraries/output.html index ab8f1d683..25ec521b1 100644 --- a/user_guide/libraries/output.html +++ b/user_guide/libraries/output.html @@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ It is possible, however, for you to manually intervene with the output if you ne For example, if you build a page in one of your controller functions, don't set the output until the end.</p> +<h2>$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>$this->output<br/> + ->set_content_type('application/json')<br/> + ->set_output(json_encode(array('foo' => 'bar')));<br/> +<br/> +$this->output<br/> + ->set_content_type('jpeg') // You could also use ".jpeg" which will have the full stop removed before looking in config/mimes.php<br/> + ->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> |