hi Grant,
Is your code in controller ?. If I put the code in the controller then
my download works. But lot of my controller require download ability,
so I am trying to create an independent download class in vendors
folder. Do you think making it a helper will be better ?
Thanks
On Oct 2, 8:01 am, Grant Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have the following:
>
> if ( $extension == 'xls' ){
> header("Content-type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
> header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"$excel_filename
> \"");
> header("Expires: 0");
> header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0,pre-check=0");
> header("Pragma: public");
>
> echo $excel_file_data;}
>
> @flush();
> @ob_end_flush();
> exit();
>
> On Oct 2, 9:57 pm, bingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > hi,
>
> > In my view, there is an option to download data in a xml format. The
> > user clicks on the submits a form and a controller method is executed.
> > The controller calls a file utility (in the vendor folder) that sets
> > the header and sets the file content for download and at the script
> > calls die(); Although everything seems to be right, I am not able
> > force download. When the user clicks on the download link, the browser
> > goes to the controller url and then just dies out.
>
> > Can anyone shed a light on how to force download in CakePHP. i assume
> > I am messing up with header content
>
> > Regards,
> > Ritesh- Hide quoted text -
>
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