Still haven't figured this out. Is this at all possible with CakePHP? I
can't imagine it would not be possible.
thanks
On Thursday, December 19, 2013 5:16:50 PM UTC+1, Willem wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Goal: I have a button on a page. When user clicks it should generate a XML
> file and make it download (instead of opening in browser window).
> Cake version: 1.3
>
> So I create a HTML link like this:
>
> <?php echo $html->link( __('Generate XML file', true),
>> array('action'=>'generateXMLFile','ext'=>'xml'),
>> array('class'=>'button','target'=>'_blank') ); ?>
>
>
> Which outputs a simple HTML link.
>
> I have added in Routes:
>
> Router::parseExtensions('json','xml');
>
>
> My action:
>
> function generateXMLFile(){
>> // Configure::write('debug',0);
>> // Only XML Requests
>> if(!$this->RequestHandler->isXml()){
>> die();
>>
>> }
>> }
>
>
>
> My view:
>
>>
>> <response>
>> <posts>
>> <Post>
>> <id>test 234</id>
>> </Post>
>> </posts>
>> </response>
>
>
> My Layout:
>
> <?php header('Content-type: text/xml');?>
>> <?php echo $this->Xml->header(); ?>
>> <?php echo $content_for_layout; ?>
>
>
>
> Now when I click the link the XML is sent as output to the screen.
> Clicking with right mousebutton ->save as.. makes it possible to save the
> file as XML.
> Headers are correctly set as text/xml
>
> How can i prevent this from outputting to the screen but output it to a
> file/stream for download ?
>
> thanks
>
>
>
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