From 60ed1a305bea9f879489a1b4c7ac223b6cf3e132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Sturgeon Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 21:43:54 +0000 Subject: Added $this->output->set_content_type() and method chaining to other methods. --- user_guide/libraries/output.html | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'user_guide/libraries/output.html') 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.

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$this->output->set_content_type();

+ +

Permits you to set the mime-type of your page so you can serve JSON data, JPEG's, XML, etc easily.

+ +$this->output
+    ->set_content_type('application/json')
+    ->set_output(json_encode(array('foo' => 'bar')));
+
+$this->output
+    ->set_content_type('jpeg') // You could also use ".jpeg" which will have the full stop removed before looking in config/mimes.php
+    ->set_output(file_get_contents('files/something.jpg')); + +

Important: Make sure any non-mime string you pass to this method exists in config/mimes.php or it will have no effect.

+ +

$this->output->get_output();

Permits you to manually retrieve any output that has been sent for storage in the output class. Usage example:

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