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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 1a4065073..e11d92a14 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/download_helper.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/download_helper.rst @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ The following functions are available: .. php:function:: force_download([$filename = ''[, $data = ''[, $set_mime = FALSE]]]) - :param string $filename: Filename + :param mixed $filename: Filename :param mixed $data: File contents :param bool $set_mime: Whether to try to send the actual MIME type :rtype: void @@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ The following functions are available: file data. If you set the second parameter to NULL and ``$filename`` is an existing, readable - file path, then its content will be read instead. - + file path, then its content will be read instead. You may also set ``$filename`` + as an associative array with a single element, where the key of that element would be + the local file you are trying to read and where the value is the name of the downloadable + file that will be sent to browser. An example of this is provided below. + 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. @@ -53,4 +56,10 @@ The following functions are available: do the following:: // Contents of photo.jpg will be automatically read - force_download('/path/to/photo.jpg', NULL);
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