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author | Brennan Thompson <brenjt@gmail.com> | 2014-02-14 20:03:57 +0100 |
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committer | Brennan Thompson <brenjt@gmail.com> | 2014-02-14 20:03:57 +0100 |
commit | 6949f95f6e21980f36095490bf38fc8a172dbc0f (patch) | |
tree | b3141f390acd0051396cda6a3da51c1f98384cca /user_guide_src/source/helpers/download_helper.rst | |
parent | 68a02a01a086bbb1b8128ea2744439de84873d11 (diff) | |
parent | 81f036753272391360ba5b64e6dd93c4101a8733 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/develop' into develop
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system/helpers/form_helper.php
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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/download_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/download_helper.rst index 860c568b9..f374d491f 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/download_helper.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/download_helper.rst @@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ Download Helper The Download Helper lets you download data to your desktop. -.. contents:: Page Contents +.. contents:: + :local: + +.. raw:: html + + <div class="custom-index container"></div> Loading this Helper =================== @@ -13,38 +18,39 @@ This helper is loaded using the following code:: $this->load->helper('download'); +Available Functions +=================== + The following functions are available: -force_download() -================ -.. php:function:: force_download($filename = '', $data = '', $set_mime = FALSE) +.. function:: force_download([$filename = ''[, $data = ''[, $set_mime = FALSE]]]) :param string $filename: Filename :param mixed $data: File contents :param bool $set_mime: Whether to try to send the actual MIME type - :returns: void + :rtype: void -Generates server headers which force data to be downloaded to your -desktop. Useful with file downloads. The first parameter is the **name -you want the downloaded file to be named**, the second parameter is the -file data. + Generates server headers which force data to be downloaded to your + desktop. Useful with file downloads. The first parameter is the **name + you want the downloaded file to be named**, the second parameter is the + file data. -If you set the second parameter to NULL and ``$filename`` is an existing, readable -file path, then its content will be read instead. + If you set the second parameter to NULL and ``$filename`` is an existing, readable + file path, then its content will be read instead. -If you set the third parameter to boolean TRUE, then the actual file MIME type -(based on the filename extension) will be sent, so that if your browser has a -handler for that type - it can use it. + If you set the third parameter to boolean TRUE, then the actual file MIME type + (based on the filename extension) will be sent, so that if your browser has a + handler for that type - it can use it. -Example:: + Example:: - $data = 'Here is some text!'; - $name = 'mytext.txt'; - force_download($name, $data); + $data = 'Here is some text!'; + $name = 'mytext.txt'; + force_download($name, $data); -If you want to download an existing file from your server you'll need to -do the following:: + If you want to download an existing file from your server you'll need to + do the following:: - // Contents of photo.jpg will be automatically read - force_download('/path/to/photo.jpg', NULL);
\ No newline at end of file + // Contents of photo.jpg will be automatically read + force_download('/path/to/photo.jpg', NULL);
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