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| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide/libraries/output.html | 15 |
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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> |